Bush to host Iraq ally Saakashvili during war protests.
By on Mar 17th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
Bush to host Iraq ally Saakashvili during war protests.
President Bush’s Coalition of the Willing has dwindled since its original strength in 2003. Of 14 major partners in the Coalition, eight leaders were defeated in elections, two stepped down, two were term limited, and two remained in office. This week, Bush will be hosting one of his few remaining allies, Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, to discuss “common efforts to advance freedom and security around the world.” Saakashvili’s trip will coincide with “the height of the war protests on Pennsylvania Avenue.”
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It's now a Coalition of the Billing.
March 17th, 2008 at 8:09 pmor Coalition of the Killing
March 17th, 2008 at 8:11 pmChip visits Block. Another MANdate guy.
March 17th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
... all loudly and pig ignorantly supported by a coalition of th shilling...
March 17th, 2008 at 8:38 pmand congress is enabling the occupation by being a coalition of the milling (around)...
March 17th, 2008 at 8:41 pmSaakashvilli probably knows that he is here to to give boost to Bush's war. Saaka... knows that he is one of the few leaders left to play a 'cheerleader'.
March 17th, 2008 at 8:42 pmSaakashvili also knows that his country Georgia is no player in world affairs.
He wants few millions dollars help from Bush for his poor country, a country that depends on foreign assistance.
So what Saaka...got to lose? the better he performs, the bigger the check.
The President has remained in relative isolation the last few days, trying to master the pronunciation of the Georgian Leader's name.
March 17th, 2008 at 9:05 pm"... trying to master the pronunciation of the Georgian Leader’s name..."
Sa..sasskatoonie??"
Nope...
Sa...sarsparilla?"
No, Sir. Try again...
Sa... sa... sakatamatos?"
Better, Sir. That one was almost good enough...
March 17th, 2008 at 9:16 pmNext thing that we know, Babs will dump him.
March 17th, 2008 at 9:16 pmthat should help Georgian relations with Iraq down the road.
i am sure that the Iraqis won't soon forget how their neighbor to the north colluded with the infidels.
March 17th, 2008 at 9:19 pmI would suggest to the people who march that they post videos of the events because the mainstream media likes to pretend that these events and marches don't happen.
March 17th, 2008 at 9:28 pmBush probably wonders how Gen. John Shalikashvili of the Joint Chiefs came to be president of Georgia. But then president of Georgia will confound and confuse Bush too.
March 17th, 2008 at 9:36 pmre post #13
The republicans have had total control of our government for 7 years now and they have failed miserably and proven the point I made in post #13. How can you in your worst nighmares see the democrats doing worse?
You critize an imaginary scenario that you have no reason to believe will come to pass. Democrats have outperformed republicans on every issue including defense since the beginning of time.
You dare say at this point in time that de-regulation is a grand idea.....look at the sub-prime meltdown....look at the S&L corruption scandal that resulted from the last repub that thought de-regulation was a grand idea.....shall I mention hoover and the buzzword of the 20's....it was "de-regulation"
Yes, we will hold corporations responsible. Just as we will try to repair the broken health care system that you and your ilk want to run on a system of capitalism on one end but you don't want anyone suing them if they cause a death through negligence......that must stop. You can't have socialism for corporatins and capitalism for citizens.
I could go on for hours but you need to think about it and try to be reasonable for once in your life instead of just spouting bullshit that doesn't really make any sense.
March 17th, 2008 at 9:48 pmPeople domestic and international do not die in large numbers because of a progressive agenda in America. You cannot say that about the republican agenda….sorry…stick to facts…..you are the party of death….not progressives.
March 17th, 2008 at 9:50 pmThis is the part of post#13 that you quoted from me and I stand behind it.....
Themanoncecared Says:
March 17th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
Its about the later consequences of the Government structure your ideas create!
What is this and what does it mean?
March 17th, 2008 at 10:07 pm"his popularity has plunged, and his government has been accused of authoritarianism and criticized for failing to ease poverty."
Who is that? Bush or Saakashvili?
March 17th, 2008 at 10:24 pmThis may be obvious, but does Bush know he's seeing the President of the country Georgia, not the state?
March 17th, 2008 at 10:25 pmAs bleak as this sounds, sounds like Saakashvili picked the wrong authoritarian horse to back. He should have made nice with Putin, which he didn't.
Russia is emerging as a major player again, and Bush and the US are the laughing stock of the world. But then, Saakashvili was educated in America.
March 17th, 2008 at 10:27 pmYou guys need to update the "Coalition of the Defeated" page. South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun has been term-limited out of office. (Under the current Korean Constitution, Presidents can only serve a single five-year term.) Opposition party candidate Lee Myung-Bak won the election, and he has been sworn in as the new president on February 25.
March 17th, 2008 at 11:20 pmWhy don't they fly off to Mosul for lunch and a stroll through a bazaar?
March 18th, 2008 at 6:30 am