After Smearing Obama For ‘Embracing’ Iran, Will Bush Criticize Iraqis For ‘Hugging’ Ahmadinejad?
After Smearing Obama For ‘Embracing’ Iran, Will Bush Criticize Iraqis For ‘Hugging’ Ahmadinejad?
Last week, President Bush sharply attacked Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-IL) argument that the president “should never fear to negotiate” with its adversaries. Bush (hypocritically) alleged such diplomacy legitimizes “tyrants,” such as those leading Iran and Cuba:
It will send a discouraging message to those who wonder whether America will continue to work for the freedom of prisoners. It will give great status to those who have suppressed human rights and human dignity. … Well, talking to him is embracing. Excuse me. Let me use another word — you’re right, “embrace” is like big hug, right?
Just days later, Iraq engaged Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in one-on-one talks, despite the “acrimonious history between Iran and Iraq,” fighting a bloody war just twenty years ago.
In fact, Ahmadinejad was cheerily embraced in Iraq, “greeted with hugs and kisses by top Iraqi officials.” Iraqi President Jalal Talabani “smiled broadly” at Ahmadinejad, clasping hands and walking down a red carpet together.
Discussing the talks beforehand, Bush said, “The message [from Iraq] needs to be: ‘Quit sending in sophisticated equipment that’s killing our citizens.’” Nevertheless, Bush ally Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki appeared to have rejected this demand, in fact praising Iran’s “helpful” position:
At a news conference with Ahmadinejad, Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq seemed to defy American hopes that he would criticize Iran for meddling inside Iraq. “I think that the level of trust is very high,” Maliki said. “And I say frankly that the position Iran has taken recently was very helpful in bringing back security and stability.”
Bush has slammed Obama for wanting to engage Iran, but he has not leveled similar criticism at al-Maliki for “sitting down at the table” and “having pictures taken” with a “tyrant.”
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This makes Bush look so damn stupid it’s beyond words.
March 3rd, 2008 at 5:13 pmYeah, thanks to Chimpy – these two deadly enemies, Iraq and Iran, are now sweet and loving “brothers.”
Thanks, Dumbya. Way to go.
March 3rd, 2008 at 5:15 pmHell George, have him out to Crawford for a barbeque!
March 3rd, 2008 at 5:15 pmBush has to fly in and out of Iraq secretly and only after the trip he discloses that he was bold enough to visit Iraq. What a pussy.
The President of Iran is more respected and is more relevant to the rest of the world that the President of the United States. At least until this bumbling failure is replaced by either of the Democratic contenders.
March 3rd, 2008 at 5:18 pmComment by Nevar — March 3, 2008 @ 5:15 pm
just make sure bush’s neighbors don’t take a shot at him…
(picture of bush neighbor with a gun)
http://avisen.dk/dansk-journalist-topnyhed-cnn-020308.aspx
(the story)
http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=68959
March 3rd, 2008 at 5:22 pmHug may mean something different to different folks. What it means to those that don’t act like “folks”…….
March 3rd, 2008 at 5:22 pmThe President of Iran is more respected and is more relevant to the rest of the world that the President of the United States. At least until this bumbling failure is replaced by either of the Democratic contenders.
Comment by nanlichi — March 3, 2008 @ 5:18 pm
Actually, I think the rest of the world sees Ahmadinejad as a puppet with no real power in Iran and they see Bush as a puppet with too much power.
March 3rd, 2008 at 5:23 pmThis makes Bush look so damn stupid it’s beyond words.
Comment by Guido OBGYN Lover
He IS stupid beyond words.
March 3rd, 2008 at 5:23 pmfrom a similar story at C&L:
Bush slinked in and out of Iraq for a quick unannounced photo-op and some handshakes on a heavily guarded American airbase. They never turned off Air Force One’s engines…
via Down With Tyranny
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/03/03/ahmadinejad-gets-red-carpet-treatment-in-iraq-bush-never-will/
check out the pictures there…
March 3rd, 2008 at 5:24 pmi have to ask – does condi not know about “sensible shoes”???
It will send a discouraging message to those who wonder whether America will continue to work for the freedom of prisoners. It will give great status to those who have suppressed human rights and human dignity. …
The sad thing about this statement made by Bush is that being befriended by the US will no longer bring anyone status. People are avoiding being seen with Bush because they don’t want to be identified with the newest terrorist nation, the USA.
March 3rd, 2008 at 5:24 pmWorship your Holocaust denier and Jew hater. I’ll pick our current POTUS and our next POTUS over “I’m a Whack Job†any day, no matter who the next POTUS ends up being.
Comment by good_golly — March 3, 2008 @ 5:23 pm
LOL gg proves to be an idiot again. Please point out where nanlichi worships Ahmadinejad and wants him in has POTUS. You imbecile.
March 3rd, 2008 at 5:34 pmOh yes the evil tyrants of Cuba, Iran, Venezuela, Bolivia etc etc
Thank God US keeps good relations with leaders who there only “may be some controversy” over their legacies like Suharto..
March 3rd, 2008 at 5:35 pmhttp://www.usembassyjakarta.org/press_rel/January08/Condolences.html
Well, I guess the Bilderberg group and the whack-o-loons at the PNAC didn’t foresee this either. These people think arrogance and money = brains.
March 3rd, 2008 at 5:40 pmEven by Bush’s stupidity standards having Iraq coddle Ahmadinejad is a major slap in the face to Bush.
March 3rd, 2008 at 5:41 pmAhmadinejad has said some hateful things. He may even have turned a blind eye to terrorists working in his territory (though the evidence is questionable), but? He hasn’t invaded any innocent nations. From where I sit he’s not that bad. Certainly no worse than Musharraf or the Saudis.
March 3rd, 2008 at 5:44 pmWouldnt it be ironic if the end result of Bush stupid war against Irans arch enemy Saddam Hussein and his alleged nuclear weapons, would be Iraq allying with Iran and they both cooperate and aquire nuclear weapons?
March 3rd, 2008 at 5:47 pmHe IS stupid beyond words
And dumber than a bucket of hair!
March 3rd, 2008 at 5:47 pmAhmadinejad is playing a far better game than the Bush league so far in the Middle East.
He’s creating alliances with Iraq to prevent an invasion of his country that we’re essentially occupying (how did that happen-don’t we look silly?).
Recent visits from Chinese delegates in Iran also are positioning them to never back military action against Iran (oil).
Didn’t the Russians recently give Iran nuclear materials for enrichment (regional influence)?
Maybe Bush (& Mc Cain?) will have to have diplomatic talks with Iran after all the BS bravado.
March 3rd, 2008 at 5:47 pmThe reality is that Iraq needs a friendly Iran, so that they stop supporting the Shia to attack the Sunnis. I see the visit mostly as an attempt by Ahmedinijad to enhance his image, but perhaps some good may come of this.
March 3rd, 2008 at 5:47 pmNah I disagree. Ahmedinijad is welcome in Iraq, Bush is not. That’s what it is all about.
This meeting is EXACTLY the DIRECT OPPOSITE of what the Neocons want. On every level. Every nuance.
March 3rd, 2008 at 5:52 pmMaybe McWars can have him over for a BBQ and have his picture taken.
But Bush is an idiot, so I guess we should listen to him then….right?
Bush/Cheney
March 3rd, 2008 at 5:52 pmHague Trials ‘09
The reality is that Iraq needs a friendly Iran, so that they stop supporting the Shia to attack the Sunnis. I see the visit mostly as an attempt by Ahmedinijad to enhance his image, but perhaps some good may come of this.
Comment by Jason M. Hendler
This moronic troll misses the point that Maliki did not go to Ahmedinijad, it was the other way around. So, why does Ahmedinijad need Iraq?
March 3rd, 2008 at 5:53 pmOMG, we’re living in an episode of The Twilight Zone. Rod Sterling has invaded us. The irony of Bush is striking. What a fu(king moron. A moron extraordinare!
Let’s see:
- America will continue to work for the freedom of prisoners: Siegleman maybe?
- It will give great status to those who have suppressed human rights and human dignity. Gitmo? Those in secret prisons?
The irony is so rich. And you KNOW he doesn’t get it!
GET ME OUT OF THIS FU(KING TWILIGHT ZONE EPISODE!
March 3rd, 2008 at 5:55 pmBush has slammed Obama for wanting to engage Iran, but he has not leveled similar criticism at al-Maliki for “sitting down at the table†and “having pictures taken†with a “tyrant.â€
The reason why Bush won’t say anything is he has lost control over al- Maliki. Bush is too concerned about the oil to say anything. Bush will just smile his simpleton smile and come up with some insipid incoherent sentence when asked about it.
March 3rd, 2008 at 5:59 pmUnderstanding that Bush is too simple to understand anything other than “my tyrants good, their tyrants bad” and that the Republicans are reduced to peddling tripe to the deluded fools who still think Iraq ever had something to do with 9/11, what precisely did PNAC and the so-called Vulcans in the defense department believe they were doing by taking out a secular Sunni counterweight to the theocratically-controlled Shiite government in Iran? Didn’t Rummy or the CIA ever notice that their buddy Chalabi lived in a villa in Tehran?!? Seeing as how the rocket scientists compounded the error of freeing Iran from its mortal enemy by dictating that political power should be divided along religious lines for purposes of pretending to write a new constitution, you have to wonder how these geniuses expect the Iraqi government to react to the U.S. attack on Iran the neocons keep pushing.
As far as an Iranian nutbag making fun of Bush is concerned, I could care less. He has embarrassed himself by his own words and deeds far more than any name calling could achieve. I just want someone on the right wing to explain to me precisely why our troops are left in danger assigned to prop up a government that just welcomed with open arms half of the remaining membership of the “axis of evil”. Mission accomplished indeed.
March 3rd, 2008 at 6:00 pmThere is little doubt that the country that has benefitted the MOST, from America’s sacrifice of trillions of dollars, and thousands of lives is IRAN!
And Iran is one of the few middle eastern countries with a THRIVING community of JEWS. Ahmadinejads rhetoric is directed against ISRAEL.
March 3rd, 2008 at 6:00 pmThe reality is that Iraq needs a friendly Iran, so that they stop supporting the Shia to attack the Sunnis. …
well then, somebody needs to visit with saudi arabia to get THEM to stop
March 3rd, 2008 at 6:05 pmsupporting the SUNNIS who attack everybody else…
From Scott Ritter’s “The Five Iraq’s
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/12/31/6087/
The second Iraq is the one being managed from Tehran. This Iraq, stretching from Basra in the south up into Baghdad, exists outside of the reach of the compromised disaster that is the current government of Iraq, and is instead dominated by SCIRI and its military wing, the Badr Brigade’
March 3rd, 2008 at 6:18 pmThe Iranian-backed Iraqi Shiites seem more focused on rapidly reversing decades of inequities, real and perceived. Revenge is not a policy that breeds stability, and yet it is the politics of revenge that dominates the mind-set of SCIRI.
Serving as a major domestic counterweight to SCIRI is the indigenous grass-roots Iraqi Shiite movement controlled by Muqtada al-Sadr, the third Iraq. Possessing similar geographic reach as SCIRI, the Iraq of the “Mahdi Army†is one which rejects the SCIRI proxy government operating out of the Green Zone as but a tool of the American occupation, and the SCIRI movement itself as a tool of Iran.
While much has been made of the Sunni-Shiite divide, the fact is that one of the most serious threats to stability in Iraq is the emerging Shiite-versus-Shiite conflict between al-Sadr and SCIRI.
GG, I’ll build my own strawmen without any help from you thanks. What I said was: “The President of Iran is more respected and is more relevant to the rest of the world than the President of the United States.”
I don’t worship anybody or anything.
Bush has done more harm to the USA than Sadam, Osama or Ahmadinejad. I have zero respect for that egotistical loser and all his sycophant worshippers.
It fits. Wear it GG.
March 3rd, 2008 at 6:29 pmwhere’s that picture of rumsfeld shaking hands with saddam when you need it? better yet, where’s that pic of bush holding hands with that saudi dude? [interesting fact: bin laden is from saudi arabia, not iran]
March 3rd, 2008 at 6:44 pmBush does not even come close to making any sense.
Most of the world looks upon him as a joke……..a very dangerous and potentially deadly joke.
Most Americans and the rest of the world are just keeping their fingers crossed hoping that we can make it to January 2009 without this incompetent sociopath doing any more damage.
March 3rd, 2008 at 6:56 pmWow! If this doesn’t indicate a total loss of control I don’t know what does. Iraq has been drifting away recently and this is just one big slap in the face to Bush and the neocons. How can they reconcile this without looking like fools or forcefully taking over the Iraqi political scene.
Suddenly those month long “vacations” the Iraqi government took, are looking more like a middle finger hand wave without the purple ink!
March 3rd, 2008 at 7:10 pmBush is an imcompetent bigot.
March 3rd, 2008 at 7:33 pmIt will send a discouraging message to those who wonder whether America will continue to work for the freedom of prisoners. It will give great status to those who have suppressed human rights and human dignity. …
Learning that the words above were uttered by Pres Bush, will probably come to a surprise to the prisoners held at Guantanamo and in all the secret prisons that this administration has set up throughout the world.
Not to mention those who were subjected to “enhanced interrogation techniques” the neo-cons have wet dreams about.
“The message [from Iraq] needs to be: ‘Quit sending in sophisticated equipment that’s killing our citizens.’â€
Someone needs to remind Pres Bush that 1) he still has to show any evidence of official Iranian involvement in Iraq and 2) “our citizens” wouldn’t be dying over there, had he not send them to occupy a country that was not a threat to begin with.
Only the braindead kool-aid drinkers can still support this joke of a president (that’d be you, good_golly).
March 3rd, 2008 at 8:44 pmThis neocon mess keeps getting better and better all of the time.Who needs to go to the circus when you have one like the NEOCON(BUSHCO CRIME FAMILY) circus. What does the rest of the world think of this circus? Just another contradiction from BUSHCO.They`ll just blame it on the liberal media anyway!!!!
March 3rd, 2008 at 10:41 pm> He’s creating alliances with
> Iraq to prevent an invasion
> of his country that we’re essentially
> occupying (how did that happen-don’t we look silly?).
Thats the power of democracy. McCain wants to stay in Iraq for 100 years to protect Iraqis soveirgn right to be as allied with Iran as they want. Apparently Hendler thinks that our troops dying so Iraqis can have a government that hosts tea parties for Iranian leaders is a good thing..
March 4th, 2008 at 12:37 amSo let’s understand the headline — If Bush disagrees with Obama, that is a smear? Grow up.
March 11th, 2008 at 7:26 am