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Bush Meets With Anti-Semite Who Celebrated The Killing Of American Soldiers

jumblatt.JPGPresident Bush reportedly met yesterday with Walid Jumblatt, a member of the Lebanese Parliament who has repeatedly called for U.S.-backed regime change in Syria.

After visiting the White House, Jumblatt addressed the neoconservative American Enterprise Institute, which wields significant influence within the administration. “Many people say there won’t be a stable Lebanon without regime change in Syria,” Jumblatt said, adding that he “urged the Bush administration to aid opposition groups fighting the rule” of Syrian President Assad.

Jumblatt’s meeting with the White House is notable not just because of his radical foreign policy views. In the past, Jumblatt has cheered the deaths of American soldiers in Iraq, referred to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as “oil-colored,” and claimed the real axis of evil is one of “oil and Jews.”

– “We are all happy when U.S. soldiers are killed [in Iraq] week in and week out. The killing of U.S. soldiers in Iraq is legitimate and obligatory.” [Link]

– “The oil axis is present in most of the U.S. administration, beginning with its president, vice-president and top advisers, including (Condoleezza) Rice, who is oil-colored, while the axis of Jews is present with Paul Wolfowitz, the leading hawk who is inciting (America) to occupy and destroy Iraq.” [Link]

– “In November 2003, the United States revoked Jumblatt’s diplomatic visa for wishing out loud that Wolfowitz had been killed in a Baghdad rocket attack.” [Link]

While the White House has yet to comment on Jumblatt’s visit, his regime change talk yesterday “drew a round of applause from the AEI audience.”

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78 Responses to “Bush Meets With Anti-Semite Who Celebrated The Killing Of American Soldiers”

  1. wake-n-bake Says:

    Wow, it he's as trustworthy as he looks...


  2. GSD Says:

    Well, he doesn't like the Blacks and Jews but he didn't say anything about the Christians.

    Leave him be.

    -Pat Robertson


  3. chimpeach Says:

    – “We are all happy when U.S. soldiers are killed [in Iraq] week in and week out. The killing of U.S. soldiers in Iraq is legitimate and obligatory.”

    While that might seem like a terrible thing to say, it's actually okay, because it was said by a friend of Bush. Am I right, trolls?

    Oh yes, Bush and the AEI support the troops. It's so obvious.


  4. jeff Says:

    I think I like the guy. Except for the regime change thing.


  5. Roger_Roger Says:

    I am glad that TP once again is sticking up for Israel. TP is correct in saying that the Bush administration should not talk or work with anyone that is against Israel. I fully support TP in their effort to protect and preserve Israel and all Jews from the evil terrorist states that surround it. Walid Jumblatt is a loser. Thank you TP for pointing out that any enemy of Israel should be an enemy of ours. I fully agree.


  6. jeff Says:

    http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Ss/0120632/4

    Not alot to do after NYPD Blue I guess.


  7. jeff Says:

    And the dead soldiers, of course-


  8. klyde Says:

    Knee jerk right wing troll defense of the meeting in 3..2..1..


  9. Patrick1 Says:

    What was Jimmy Carter doing at the White House today?


  10. alasmoses Says:

    Yet the White House punishes a diplomat for merely delivering a message that Iran wanted to talk about resolving the Iraq situation 2000 American soldiers and upward of several hundred thousand Iraqi lives ago?


  11. Parrotlover77 Says:

    Careful on attacking someone because of who he met with, TP. Now, don't get me wrong, I think Bush and Jumblatt are up to no good, but the headline indicates that there is something wrong with Bush meeting with him at all. There really isn't. As a President (or, really, any politician), you have to meet with disgusting/terrible people from time to time in order to make a difference. I guess I'm just saying that TP's headline should maybe focus more on WHY he met with Bush and not just the fact that he did meet with Bush.


  12. JT Says:

    Yet, you all want to open dialogue with Iran's leader, who has repeatedly professed a desire to wipe Isreal off the map. Sheesh...


  13. klyde Says:

    I am glad that TP once again is sticking up for Israel.
    Comment by Roger_Roger

    I missed any mention of Isreal in the post perhaps you can point it out.


  14. ballbuster Says:

    Didn't BJ Clinton meet with Yasar Arafat, also a Jew hater, at the White House? Just curious. Not to stir the pot or anything.....you know me.


  15. Tuber Says:

    If you've ever wondered what the world hates about the United States, it's this right here.

    Not the nascar rednecks or the California liberals, but the corrupt and inhumane institutions that are so influential in our government. The ones that applaud hate, murder, and conquest. And, when you have administrations as corrupt as this one, these institutions such as the AEI and Carlyle group and PNAC and Haliburton are the ones truly in control.

    Violence against American civilians (or any civilians for that matter) is wrong and should always be defended against. But the hate and angst caused by deplorable actions being "dreamed up" by the institutions (thank you Ike for the definition: Military Industrial Complex) is not just understandable but warranted.


  16. Admin Says:

    Parrotlover77 -- I agree with you, and I made sure not to state that President Bush necessarily shouldn't be meeting with him.

    But considering Bush refuses to meet with various other parties with whom he disagrees (such as Iran, Syria, etc.), it's notable that he is willing to meet with Jumblatt.

    -- Nico


  17. klyde Says:

    Yet, you all want to open dialogue with Iran’s leader, who has repeatedly professed a desire to wipe Isreal off the map. Sheesh…
    Comment by JT

    Who was it that said tell a lie big enough, repeat it often and it will become truth?
    Whoever it was would be gratified to see his statement proved correct, again!


  18. ballbuster Says:

    What was Jimmy Carter doing at the White House today?

    Comment by Patrick1 — February 27, 2007 @ 12:04 pm

    Excellent question. Where is ol' peanut head? OMG, I envision a version of where's waldo. I feel a song coming on.....where in the world is car men san di ego...


  19. DM Says:

    You can be oceans apart at the beginning, but once someone pulls the plug you all swirl down the same drain together.


  20. Parrotlover77 Says:

    But considering Bush refuses to meet with various other parties with whom he disagrees (such as Iran, Syria, etc.), it’s notable that he is willing to meet with Jumblatt.

    Good point...


  21. Bluedog49 Says:

    Yes, Ballbuster, Clinton brought the leader of the Palestinians and the Prime Minister of Isreal together for peace talks. I don't know, however, if Clinton ever had someone in the Whitehouse who had cheered when American soldiers were killed in a war. And, I'm not sure Bush's meeting is in the service of peace as Clinton's was. It looks more like the meeting is in service to more war. I know these are minor distinctions to a Bush cultist, though, so carry on.


  22. GSD Says:

    Bush reportedly laughed, slapped Jumblatt on the back and said: "Bring it on!".

    Because he doesn't care how many US troops die for his vanity war. Just like the rightwingers who could care less how many US troops die or are maimed, just as long as they can scream about liberal traitors and "defeatocrats".

    It really is a game for the elite rightwingers who rake in the cash and laugh at the working class folks who bear the brunt of the Bush policies.

    Hey winger-trollies.....how is that stock market plunge treating you today?

    -GSD


  23. tom baker Says:

    Nice friends Dubbie has - did Ahmed Chalabi join them, too? Are we going to ship this weird guy a plane load of cash too, righties? You think that'd help you fight them over there, righties? A few billion in cash maybe - how about blowing up their grandmas - that always seems to work real good, right, righties??


  24. ballbuster Says:

    tuber, lets review a few military actions in the last, say, 100 years. K?

    the US attacked Hitler because....?

    the US attacked Japan because...?

    the US attacked Korea because...?

    the US attacked the Taliban because....?

    the US attacked Bosnia, Kosovo, and Haiti (b j clinton) because...?

    in every single case of military action our intentions were to defend our future and innocent people from mass murderers. was stalin innocent? pol pot, mao, saddam? people like you scream for the US to do something in DARFUR, but the moment we set foot on that soil you all will start bitching like the confused little cry babies you are.


  25. klyde Says:

    Didn’t BJ Clinton meet with Yasar Arafat, also a Jew hater, at the White House?

    So opposition to Isreal is the same as cheering the death of US Soldiers “We are all happy when U.S. soldiers are killed [in Iraq] week in and week out. The killing of U.S. soldiers in Iraq is legitimate and obligatory.” And wishing out loud for the murder of a top US official “In November 2003, the United States revoked Jumblatt’s diplomatic visa for wishing out loud that Wolfowitz had been killed in a Baghdad rocket attack. in your minds?

    Yea the neo-con rethugs who pollute this board support our service members as much as their boy king does. But it's good when they show where thier true loyalty is.


  26. Bluedog49 Says:

    You know, if any of you Bush cultists had a tenth the humanity and intelligence as Jimmy Carter, you'd almost qualify as thoughtful human beings. But, you obviously don't and don't.


  27. Bush War of Terror from America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Iraq Says:

    Wow. Oil-colored.. never heard that slur before, and I work around a lot of racist Republicans.


  28. katy Says:

    "many people say..."
    "some say..."
    ...
    not the most substantial of qualifiers... but, oh well...
    good enough for the neoCONs...
    ...


  29. chimpeach Says:

    Patrick1, ballbuster, JT,

    So, you're all advocating diplomacy now? What a sudden change. But, I guess it all gets down to your philosophy: "Whatever George W. Bush does or says is just fine by me."

    Even if it means getting chummy with someone who cheers for the killing of U.S. soldiers.


  30. Bluedog49 Says:

    ballbuster, you have just listed all of the wars to which democrats and liberals DIDN'T object! Go back and read your history book, shitheal. It was the Republicans of the 30's who wanted to appease Hitler. It was the big corporate republicans who wanted to stay out of Europe! Try posting something that isn't pulled out of your rear end.


  31. GSD Says:

    Ballbuster conveniently exlcudes the fact that Bush sent US troops into Haiti and into Liberia.

    No lie left behind.

    -GSD


  32. Bluedog49 Says:

    Hey ballbuster, you claim liberals screamed when Clinton committed military assets to our NATO allies in Bosnia. You mean liberals like Tom Delay?

    "I cannot support a failed foreign policy. History teaches us that it is often easier to make war than peace. This administration is just learning that lesson right now. The President began this mission with very vague objectives and lots of unanswered questions. A month later, these questions are still unanswered. There are no clarifiedrules of engagement. There is no timetable. There is no legitimate definition of victory. There is no contingency plan for mission creep. There is no clear funding program. There is no agenda to bolster our overextended military. There is no explanation defining what vital national interests are at stake. There was no strategic plan for war when the President started this thing, and there still is no plan today."

    Or, how about Sean Hannity: "Explain to the mothers and fathers of American servicemen that may come home in body bags why their son or daughter have to give up their life?"


  33. Bluedog49 Says:

    Ballbuster, you left out Reagan's brilliant military move of sending a regiment of Marines to Beruit as a show of force. in 1983 and his subsequent glory-filled invasion of Granada where we overcame a huge force of about 30 Cuban construction workers.


  34. tom baker Says:

    Hey Righties - Who ya wanna ship cash too now????

    flippin idiots.


  35. marcus robinson Says:

    Okay, Bush will talk to the guy but not "Air-a-fart" when he was alive. I wonder if Sean Haanity will slam the white for having this guy to lunch like he tried to slam the Democrats for having an Iman prey at a dinner??


  36. promotingblogs.com Says:

    Bush Meets With Anti-Semite Who Celebrated The Killing Of American Soldiers...

    President Bush reportedly met yesterday with Walid Jumblatt, a member of the Lebanese Parliament who has repeatedly called for U.S.-backed regime change in Syria....


  37. ballbuster Says:

    It was the Republicans of the 30’s who wanted to appease Hitler. It was the big corporate republicans who wanted to stay out of Europe!
    Comment by Bluedog49 — February 27, 2007 @ 12:27 pm

    ***completely ignoring Joe Kennedy sleeping with Hitler.
    During a 1938 meeting at the German embassy in London, Kennedy assured the German ambassador that America only wanted friendly relations with Hitler. Joe said that Hitler's government had done "great things" for the country, and that the Germans were "satisfied" and enjoyed "good living conditions." Joe told the ambassador that a recent report which said the limited food in Germany was being reserved for the army could not be true. After all, Joe said, the professor who had made the report "was a Jew."


  38. Bush and a strange bed-fellow « Later On Says:

    [...] Bush Administration, Iran War, Mideast Conflict, Iraq War, GOP, Government at 9:51 am by LeisureGuy From ThinkProgress: President Bush reportedly met yesterday with Walid Jumblatt, a member of the Lebanese Parliament [...]


  39. buzzbomb Says:

    ballslobberer, why did your list not include the imperial invasions of Panama and Iraq? Don't fit your scema for "just" wars?


  40. Bluedog49 Says:

    OK, ballbuster, you found one rich industrialist who wasn't a republican in the 30's. Can you name another?

    You do know that while Joe Kennedy was expressing some support, Prescott Bush was actually providing banking services to the NAZI's and his bank was indicted under the Trading with the Enemies Act. Hey, you want to play this history game? Fine. But, you've already demonstrated that you're on shaky ground.


  41. buzzbomb Says:

    balls, don't forget about granddaddy prescott bush doing business with the Nazi's well after it was deemed illegal to do so. Even back then the bush clan could care less who they do business with as long as it makes them money or furthers their goal of empire. Not much has changed.


  42. BushYouth Says:

    There is a good article on Lebanon in the new issue of Mother Jones (or Harper's - I don't recall which) that talks about Walid Jumblatt in depth. Alliances change all the time in Lebanon. Jumblatt was sheltered and helped by Syria when the Isrealis and their allies wanted his ass dead, now he wants Syria to go away. The politics in the mid-East is incredibly ef'd up and nothing can be assumed. Today's friend is tomorrow's foe. America is getting led around and used by hucksters because we let them.


  43. GSD Says:

    Let's not forget Ronald Reagan boldy liberating the nutmeg capital of the world, Grenada.

    That was one hell of a military victory.

    -GSD


  44. Bluedog49 Says:

    I believe Reagan's Granada invasion has the distinction of being the only military invasion we've ever carried out where there were more friendly-fire casulties than hostile fire casulties.


  45. chimpeach Says:

    #36 ballbuster

    You're right. Joe Kennedy schmoozing with the German ambassador in London in 1938 is far worse than Bush's grandfather having his Union Banking Corporation seized by the U.S. government during World War II for violating the Trading With The Enemies Act. The Bush family was only financing the Nazi war machine. They weren't being friendly to it.


  46. klyde Says:

    During a 1938 meeting at the German embassy in London

    So the US was at war with Germany in 1938? What was Hitler doing in London while his planes were bombing the city?

    Only the most willfully ignorant neo-con shill could possibly equate a US diplomat telling the leader of a foreign country, a country that had not attacked us our any of our allies that the US wants peace with that country as being in bed with that leader.


  47. Tobey Tall Says:

    Hamas: Israel must end occupation

    Khaled Meshaal, the political leader of Hamas, has used his visit to Russia to call on Israel to end its occupation of the Palestinian territories.
    Meshaal arrived in Moscow on Monday and is seeking support from the Russian government to end the financial blockade imposed by the EU, US and Israel on the Hamas-led Palestinian government.
    Speaking after a meeting with Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister on Tuesday, Meshaal said: "First of all, Israel has to end its occupation of Palestinian territory and put an end to the suffering of the Palestinian people.""When Israel does that, the Palestinian people will make their position clear."

    Russia says the same as most of the world then : End isreali Occupation and palestine will recognise Isreal along with all Muslim Countries


  48. geoman77 Says:

    Comment by BushYouth — February 27, 2007

    It's in Harper's


  49. DallasNE Says:

    This fits in with what Sy Hersch wrote extensively about just yesterday. Part of the surge policy it to attempt to line up whatever skunks it takes to advance American interests in that area, i.e., oil interests. This is the worst of the bad old days that were exposed by Iran-Contra. Human rights are the first thing to go. Today we are capturing hundreds of Iranians in Iraq then torturing them to provide the "intelligence" necessary to make the case for war against Iran. This might makes right policy is nuts.

    Nobody ever asks the question, "why do they hate us so much". Without an assessment of that question we are doomed to create even more hatred against America. Cheney and Bush have been wrong from the beginning and they show no signs of having learned any lessons from those repeated failures as they plow forward into their next failure.

    I suppose this policy can have a modestly positive pause before everything falls apart if enough cash greases the policy, but fail it will. I am guessing that that is all Bush is looking for at this point in time as that would dump the problem in the lap of the next President. The next President will be handed the greatest challenge of any President since FDR took over from Hoover.


  50. Sharon Says:

    Hmmmmmm and Prescott Bush, mentor and blood relative to the present marionett was where in this Hitler / Kennedy quotes and fact's>?......Huge Blessings are on the way


  51. Zimzone Says:

    Bushitheads,
    Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace prize.
    Al Gore won an Oscar, and is in line for a Nobel Peace prize.

    I can't wait to see your Bush's slide show of 'MY Pet Goat'.
    Of course, all the slides will be upside down, but I don't want to sound picky.


  52. klyde Says:

    Bluedog49 @ 42.

    One good thing did come out of the Granada invasion. The AARs from the Army especially the 82nd showed just how badly degraded the training in units had become. It caused an almost complete revamping of training.


  53. davidxwoods Says:

    I'm all for diplomatic relations and constructive talks with our enemies and all that, but don't this guy's track record qualify him as an enemy combatant? Or at least an supporter and enabler of evil-doers?

    WTF Mr. Appointed President?! If a vote for for the Democrats is a vote for the insurgents to win then what is taking a meeting with this reprobate?


  54. Heterodoxy Says:

    Balllicker, Patrick1, Roger2 et. al, it is with great pleasure I log on everyday to see you publicly humiliated. You masochists never grow weary of saluting failure, carrying the water of a failed admin and failed foreign policy and yet you come back for more degredation. Is there penance in your submissiveness?

    I would like to think you are each bright people in your own way. However the energy you exert in rationalizing, excusing, and vain attempt to defend a HISTORICAL COLLOSSAL FAILURE far outweighs any benefit as you are already witnessing histories crushing verdict. Therefore we have to ask.....

    Are you stupid or just incompetent?


  55. Bluedog49 Says:

    I say both... and add self-loathing to the mix.


  56. Anon Says:

    Don't kneejerk this one--this guy is a very real resistance fighter from Lebanon who's fought against everyone from Syria to the PLO. THere's a feature article on him in Harpers this month. His dad was killed by syrians if I remember.


  57. Bluedog49 Says:

    "Don’t kneejerk this one"

    If you're a Bush supporter, you have no standing to say "don't kneejerk" anything. Get serious.


  58. Gregor Samsa Says:

    From the article in Front Page Magazine:

    The French government’s providing a hero’s welcome to Walid Jumblatt, a self-proclaimed enemy of the U.S., represents something far beyond what could be considered a simple diplomatic disagreement.

    The piece was another attempt at smearing the French for doing what they do (conservative francophobia, what else is new?): Engaging diplomatically some of the main players in Lebanon, after they had announced an increase in the number of French troops committed to Southern Lebanon. Of course they needed to talk with representatives of the Lebanese government; but that fact was lost on Front Page's Stalinsky in his eagerness to write yet another anti-French article.

    I would really like to see those who decried Jumblatt's trip to Paris, say something now againt his meeting with Pres Bush and his speech at the AEI.

    I would also like to see those who post comment after comment denouncing the "Ahmadinejad-loving left" say something about Jumblatt's warm reception at the White House.

    Finally, let's hear the "the left hates the troops" crowd say something about Pres Bush meeting someone who has genuinely rooted for the killing of American troops in Iraq. Does Pres Bush hate the troops?

    C'mon -don't just try to change the subject...


  59. chimpeach Says:

    #54 Anon

    Don’t kneejerk this one–this guy is a very real resistance fighter from Lebanon who’s fought against everyone from Syria to the PLO.

    Yeah. Including us. And he's also fought FOR Syria. You just go ahead and jump on that Walid Jumblatt bandwagon. I think I'll pass:

    Dark Clouds over Lebanon
    Time
    Monday, Feb. 06, 1984
    By WILLIAM E. SMITH
    As Jumblatt raises the ante, hope for a cease-fire may be slipping away

    "We are making progress in Lebanon," President Reagan insisted in his State of the Union address. Maybe so, but in that embattled country, a political crisis appeared to be looming as surely as the whiter storm that whipped across the country last week.

    The most vociferous warnings came from Walid Jumblatt, 36, the mercurial, Syrian-supported Druze leader, who has consistently blocked all attempts at a ceasefire. Against the noisy backdrop of almost daily artillery battles between the Lebanese Army and Druze militiamen, Jumblatt called for the resignation of Lebanese President Amin Gemayel's government. Then he said that he had meant the Gemayel Cabinet but not the President. Still later, he insisted that he had been right the first time, and that Gemayel himself should resign. "We will not take part in any government or format with President Gemayel," he declared in Damascus.

    Meanwhile, Pierre Gemayel, father of the President and leader of the right-wing Phalange Party, called for a "popular mobilization" of Christian forces "to support their fighters who are defending the Lebanese entity on the front lines." The war of words between the Druze and the Christians erupted into periodic artillery duels, while the Druze fire against Lebanese Army positions sent shells flying dangerously close to the U.S. Marine base at Beirut International Airport. When President Reagan expressed continued support of President Gemayel's government last week, Jumblatt, who is dependent on Syrian arms supplies, retorted, "The Lebanese people are fighting the Americans, and Lebanon will become their new Viet Nam."


  60. Juan C Says:

    in every single case of military action our intentions were to defend our future and innocent people from mass murderers.
    Comment by ballbuster

    Sure, the same with Puerto Rico, Okinawa, Vietnam, Cambodia, Hawaii, Nicaragua, Panamá, Mexico, Uruguay, Granada, Haití, Guatemala, El Salvador, Angola, East Timor, Korea, Somalia, Iraq, etc. etc. etc.

    Geez, a lot of mass murderers...


  61. Disputo Says:

    Well, I see that TP has dropped the pretense and is now fully on the side with the neocons.


  62. Hedley Lamarr Says:

    Why wasn't this fellow wearing an American flag in his lapel?


  63. Mike Says:

    If I lived in the middle east, I'd agree that killing U.S. troops is a good thing. We'd feel the same way if there were Lebaneese troops in our country. Give the guy credit for being open and honest with his opinions.


  64. Tuber Says:

    #24 balless,

    I wasn’t intending on giving a history lesson today, but okay.

    We, the USA, engaged in WWII not to attack Hitler, but in response to the declaration of war made by Germany (which they were forced into politically). Our “allies” were begging for our assistance prior to our becoming involved. Ironically, the same factions that were reluctant to confront Hitler (and those that were profiting off of him) are of the same ilk that make up the PNAC, AEI, and Carlyle Group.

    We, the USA, attacked Japan (more accurately, “engaged” them but I will keep in line with your simpleton logic) because they declared war on the US and attacked (Pearl Harbor) the US.

    We did not attack Korea. We engaged in a “police action” that then became a “war” in name only. We were actually fighting the Chinese for resources and we ended up just splitting it 50-50. (Keep in mind that the "war" is still on, we are currently just engaged in a "truce")

    We, the USA, attacked the “Taliban” because, to put it delicately, we were too cowardly (at least the administration) to attack Saudi Arabia/Al Qaeda, the actual criminals who perpetrated 9/11 (notwithstanding the various conspiracy theories that have merits to them).

    In the case of WWII, we were in fact defending humanity against mass murderers and protecting freedom. In the case of Korea and Vietnam (nice omission freak!) we were just pursuing corporate interests. In regard to Bosnia, Kosovo, and Haiti we were fighting the perpetrators of genocide, but somehow the arms dealers (US government and US corporations being the monopoly in this market) find it in their hearts to exploit the situation for profit.

    You have your panties in a fluff about all of the evil dictators/leaders in history but it is odd that you leave out “George W Bush” since he is personally responsible for the extermination/genocide of over 600,000 Iraqis. Not to mention the needless killings of US service members. But your mind is small, I understand that.

    All of the wars of choice in the 20th century and beyond that the US has engaged in have been lost. Highly profitable, mind you, but lost from the standpoint of the stated objectives. This is not by coincidence or a statistical anomaly. The question any sane person asks is why would we engage in such abominations knowing what we know from history? The answer: because of the agenda of the Military Industrial Complex. You know, what President (and General) Dwight D Eisenhower warned all patriotic Americans about. You either weren’t listening or you aren’t part of the intended audience.

    Hope that clears up your “confusion” with reality. Puss.


  65. doctorhuer Says:

    Does anyone remember Kerry and Dodd meeting with this guy just before Christmas?


  66. alasmoses Says:

    Are we condemning Bush for meeting with an avowed enemy or are we merely pointing out that he is is a hypocrit for talking to Jumblatt, but not other avowed enemies that just may have something constructive to offer? Diplomacy requires that we occasionally hold our noses while we work through complex issues. Meet with him, just do not arbitrarily dismiss meeting with the Iranians and others who might have some interest in stopping the nightmare Iraq has and will continue to become for the Middle East and the rest of the world.


  67. Carl Gordon Says:

    A certain level of anxiety is necessary for maintaining mental equilibrium when dealing with the moribund little weasel in the White House that runs his Mobius strip foreign policy, reflecting his obvious rodent-like existence, and to keep up the pace on his hamster wheel of familial guilt and self loathing. And everybody else is starting to get more rowdy and disrespectful, turning our heads occasionally to check out the big clock in the back of the room, as George and DICK are the substitute teachers from hell. And just look at what they wear! It could be a burka or a burnoose, or even a loose chartreuse caboose. But then who's counting? Murray down in accounting is counting. He once counted on a red wagon for Xmas, but a life of unfettered sibling slashes and mis-directed parental animosity gave his toiny brain a migraine. Now all he counts on is the Beans (For all you Java programmers out there). The Beans, that is. And another Bush “speech”? A windy oratory of the most element alimentary froofra. Is it safe? Is it safe? Are we toast yet?

    Yep, that's it. We are soon (geologically, cosmologically, Estee' Lauder speaking) to be squished lil' pecker heads, burnt to the proverbial crisp. Or is it chips. I can never remember, is it English Chips and American crisps? Or the other way around? I have lost my bearings. I stare up at the sun and burn tiny little holes my cornea. Or is the corealis effect? Which way do the Cheneys go down the toilet, clock-wise or counter clockwise? Course we could be in Argentina where everything goes backward. After that it's batten down the hatches and have a firm grip on the George Dickel bottle. Okay, okay, how about some genteel (not gentile, ya shmuck) sipping of martini's with our pinkies (you call yours what you want, but mine's Pinkie) extended.


  68. ballbuster Says:

    Only the most willfully ignorant neo-con shill could possibly equate a US diplomat telling the leader of a foreign country, a country that had not attacked us our any of our allies that the US wants peace with that country as being in bed with that leader.

    Comment by klyde — February 27, 2007 @ 12:59 pm

    uh huh, just like ol' peanut head trapesing around the globe selling his snake oil...er, hate for america. And cindy sheehan, and BJ Clinton, and algore, and.....
    why do liberals hate america?
    and another thing, HITLER had not attacked US assets...YET, but he had invaded other countries for no reason. Did they ask us for help? did we help them? Would YOU rather we didn't?


  69. Tuber Says:

    #65 balless,

    I see you continue with your simpleton logic and moronic comments. How did your 401k do today? Have you enlisted to go fight the "war" in Iraq or do you continue to beat the war drums for a conflict that you are not even brave enough or committed enough to put yourself on the line for?

    Cowardice such as yours is rare in general, but seems to be a requirement for the current GOP crowd and its apologists. Join the army and go to war to participate in the "noble" mission you claim it to be. To not do so would reveal that you are a farce and are without honor. Goodbye puss.


  70. CoffinsDrapedWithFlags Says:

    Hi everbody,

    Damn, one more day with boy Bush in office. This really sucks.

    Looks like boy Bush supports the terrorists.


  71. CoffinsDrapedWithFlags Says:

    And how about the Dow... dropping 400+ points today. And China started it all. China must be feeling nervous about boy Bush's plans with Iran.


  72. CoffinsDrapedWithFlags Says:

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