Perle still holding out for ‘George W. Bush Square’ in Baghdad.
Perle still holding out for ‘George W. Bush Square’ in Baghdad.
In September 2003, Iraq war architect Richard Perle famously stated that the Iraqis “have been liberated” and that “a year from now, I’ll be very surprised if there is not some grand square in Baghdad that is named after President Bush.” When Perle was asked about that comment in a recent interview with Foreign Policy magazine, he wouldn’t back down, claiming that “absolutely” the Iraqis have been liberated. He even suggested there’s still a chance his dream of a square named after Bush in Baghdad can be realized:
FP: Does the rosy picture at all represent the country we see today? [...]
PERLE: Is it rosy today? Do I think most Iraqis have been liberated? Absolutely. …Obviously if it deteriorates into chaos or a new Saddam emerges and people are no better off than they were before, then there won’t be [a square named after President Bush]. …I think [Iraqis] will look back and say, we paid a terrible price, but it’s worth it.
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No one seriously expected Perle to admit to being totally and completely wrong, again, did they?
November 17th, 2008 at 2:53 pmWell, Bush got a sewage treatment plant named after him. Perhaps the Iraqis could do the same as they rebuild their infrastructure.
PEACE
November 17th, 2008 at 2:54 pmAnother Perle of Wisdom…. NOT
November 17th, 2008 at 2:54 pmA George W. Bush square in Baghdad would be like having a Adolf Hitler plaza in Jerusalem.
November 17th, 2008 at 2:55 pmLiberated, yes. 1.2 million Iraqis were liberated from life from war and the conditions imposed by conflict.
I’m sure many of the Iraqi people want to recognize George W. Bush. The question is what they do with him in that square.
November 17th, 2008 at 2:55 pmPearle doesn’t have to admit to being wrong, the planet is doing it for him.
November 17th, 2008 at 2:56 pmHow about a statue? It’s been a few years since they got to topple one.
November 17th, 2008 at 2:57 pmSomeone tell Perle that I’ll personally pay to have Bush flown to Baghdad and let him personally stand in said Square for as long as he can last.
¶ AIO
November 17th, 2008 at 3:00 pmThey may rename cholera as George W. Bush syndrome. Saddam Hussein didn’t withhold chlorine to make drinking water safe.
For the study on over 1 million Iraqi deaths:
http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/1-over-one-million-iraqi-deaths-caused-by-us-occupation/
November 17th, 2008 at 3:00 pmI’m not sayin that this guy can’t learn from his mistakes and that he might be seriously criminally insane but there is a danger of going down that road.
November 17th, 2008 at 3:01 pmMaybe the Iraqi’s could celebrate Bush by printing his likeness on the soles of all of their shoes.
November 17th, 2008 at 3:01 pmhttp://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:AW62CdL4sLQJ:www.opinionjournal.com/taste/%3Fid%3D110003324+iraqi+hit+with+shoes&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us
I see Richard Perle in his new role – co-starring in the re-enactment of “Fantasy Island” where he will be point at the sky and yell, “de plane, de plane.”
November 17th, 2008 at 3:01 pmI have a feeling that anything named “George W. Bush” in Baghdad would be thought of by the Iraqis with the same general fondness as “Hoovervilles” were here in this country back in the early 1930’s.
November 17th, 2008 at 3:01 pmHow about a square with a gallows?
November 17th, 2008 at 3:02 pmjust found this… some “good news”…
Goldman execs choose to forgo 2008 bonuses: WSJ
November 17th, 2008 at 3:03 pmMarketWatch – 1 hour ago
By MarketWatch NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Pressured by an almost-unprecedented financial meltdown and a gathering outcry over executive pay on Main Street, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. reportedly will pay no bonuses in 2008 to its top management — a move …
Wall St bonus outlook dims due Citi, Goldman moves Reuters
Waivers on bonuses could start a trend Financial Times
Forbes – Bloomberg – New York Times – InvestmentNews
all 383 news articles »
http://news.google.com/?ncl=1270026278&hl=en&topic=b
More like a George W. Bush toilet or something…
November 17th, 2008 at 3:05 pm“it’s worth it”? really?
Toxic Chemicals Blamed for Gulf War Illness
November 17th, 2008 at 3:05 pmU.S. News & World Report – 37 minutes ago
By Steven Reinberg MONDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) — Gulf War illness, dismissed by some as a psychosomatic disorder, is a very real illness that affects at least 25 percent of the 700000 US veterans who took part in the 1991 Gulf War.
Gulf War illness is real, new federal report says CNN
Report to Congress: Gulf War syndrome is real Los Angeles Times
Newsday – Telegraph.co.uk – Dallas Morning News – Austin American-Statesman
all 38 news articles »
http://news.google.com/?ncl=1271386335&hl=en&topic=n
Sorry Richard, but Palin was The Last Dick Move. You morons have used them all up. The grownups are in charge now. You don’t get any more.
November 17th, 2008 at 3:09 pmI am so sick of hearing a lot of these people say the words:
November 17th, 2008 at 3:10 pm‘I think the people will do this or feel that’
I really want to tell them that their opinion or what they ‘think’, doesn’t amount to a damn thing.
Guess what mr. purl? My opinion means a hell of a lot more to me than yours does. So, I think you ought to be …
In other news, Iraq still holding out for running water.
How to Tell Your Party Is Dead:
November 17th, 2008 at 3:11 pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qi4ezdmO08
” Completely Wrong ” ? , Are you out of your frickn mind , WRONG, this neocon including bush is a WAR CRIMINAL and should be handed over to the Iraqi Resistance . WRONG ? That’s like saying John Dillinger made a MISTAKE not making a deposit, and with withdrawing money they way he did .
November 17th, 2008 at 3:13 pmThe fabricated a war against a country that was already beaten by years of inhuman sanctions, killing thousands of Iraqi children , destroyed their infrastructure , killed hundreds of thousands of people, sold off Iraqi Assets i.e. banks, telecoms, JP Morgan takes over their international loans, destroyed clinics by bombing Fallujah and elewhere .
George Bush is a goddamn CRIMINAL, along with all of the war profiteering neocons , that wanted to murder Arab children so that Israel can be the regional masters and if there’s any justice , they’ll be taken to the Hague and all get capital punishment .
They won’t EVER admit to ANY guilt, because they KNOW it can be used against them in a court of LAW and be prosecuted for war crimes , but I’d rather see the Iraqis TCB .
Can anyone else see Richie Perle (aka the PearlMan) sitting in that very chair, in the middle of the just opened ‘Victory over G.W. Bush’ square in a squalid corner of Baghdad with an Arabic sign around his neck proclaiming:
“Architect of the Iraq War and Occupation”
November 17th, 2008 at 3:14 pmKahoneez Says:
George Bush is a goddamn CRIMINAL, along with all of the war profiteering neocons…
I concur.
¶ AIO
November 17th, 2008 at 3:16 pmThe George W. Bush square is where they will conducted their suicide bombings and beheadings. There will also be a big flag of Saddam that will read, “Better than Bush”.
November 17th, 2008 at 3:18 pmRUCerious, that picture of Perle is downright creepy.
Looks like some barely alive corpse getting ready to introduce the “scary movies” on Halloween night.
November 17th, 2008 at 3:19 pmlokidog ~ how many Iraqi stones would it take to put an end to his misery?
November 17th, 2008 at 3:21 pmRUCerious Says:
lokidog ~ how many Iraqi stones would it take to put an end to his misery?
1.2 million
November 17th, 2008 at 3:24 pm“Perle still holding out for ‘George W. Bush Square’ in Baghdad.”
lol Baghdad? How sad. The clown President still trying to buy his own legacy since he can’t in his own country. Baghdad should renamed their waste site after Bush since the waste site in San Franscisco, CA failed to pass in the election.
George W. Bush: A man without a country.
November 17th, 2008 at 3:25 pmPerle :
November 17th, 2008 at 3:26 pm“The reason why we could not build Bush’s Square was the Sunni Triangle”.
Yes, we will put George W. Bush square on the site where Saddam Hussein was hiding all of his Weapons of Mass Destruction.
November 17th, 2008 at 3:27 pmI think a location could be named George W. Bush animal waste center. Now that’s more fitting for the man who illegally invaded and killed thousands of innocent Iraq people.
November 17th, 2008 at 3:28 pmI think the idea of a George W. Bush plaza in Iraq is a bit ambitious. George W. Bush urinal cakes perhaps.
November 17th, 2008 at 3:28 pmIs that what this “regime change” horror show has been all about Mr. Perle? Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians “liberated” to their graves, a once functional Iraq infrastructure bombed into the stone age. The creation of the perfect Al-Qaeda marketing tool by our occupier presence. And for what Mr. Perle? So you and your neo-con clown pals can have wet dreams seeing a Baghdad square with George W. Bush’s name on it?? Here’s hoping Mr. Perle that instead of finding yourself some day standing in “George W. Bush Square” in Baghdad, you instead will find yourself along with Mr. Bush and the rest of the neo-con assklowns standing in the docket at the Hague facing war crimes charges.
Just saying . . .
November 17th, 2008 at 3:29 pmlokidog ~ how many Iraqi stones would it take to put an end to his misery?
I think we’d be too kind to let that misery end, RUC.
Burning throughout eternity sounds about right to me. Cool him off with some waterboarding here and there, then back to the flames.
November 17th, 2008 at 3:34 pmWhat could be a smack in the face to Bush if the Iraq Govenment makes a Square for President Obama. Something to think about.
November 17th, 2008 at 3:34 pmCemetaries are square, aren’t they?
November 17th, 2008 at 3:35 pmThe neocons are still around. Dov. Zakheim for one sits on the Pentagon’s Defense Business Board giving advice to our new President elect. He’s also a high up with Booz, Allen, Hamilton, the huge government consulting firm acquired by The Carlyle Group.
This is not to cast aspersions on Obama, but to point out the system is deeply infected with PNAC’ers. Even our World Bank chief signed off on some of their position statements.
November 17th, 2008 at 3:37 pmObviously if [Iraq] deteriorates into chaos
If?
Where has Perle been in the last few years? Has he not read the newspapers since the invasion?
Talk about being divorced from reality…
November 17th, 2008 at 3:42 pmSounds good to me. A George W. Bush Square in the middle of town would be perfect if it contained a big red bulls-eye along with George W. Bush himself lashed firmly to a stake in the center along with thousands of scorpions and fire ants for further entertainment. Let the festivities begin January 20, 2009.
November 17th, 2008 at 3:42 pmperle looks like he’s in an electric chair in that photo…good start i’d say for a war criminal
November 17th, 2008 at 3:43 pmI’m sure there is an Out-House somewhere in Iraq with George’s name scrawled on the front door.
November 17th, 2008 at 3:45 pm“I’m sure there is an Out-House somewhere in Iraq with George’s name scrawled on the front door.”
Does a toilet in my house with his picture glued to the bottom count?
November 17th, 2008 at 3:49 pmWhat planet is this guy on anyway?
November 17th, 2008 at 3:50 pmI am sure there is a dump somewhere that would love to have GWB’s name on it.
This is the Prince of Darkness, no? Forked tongue.
November 17th, 2008 at 3:50 pmRichard Perle. Reverend Kane from Poltergeist 2???
November 17th, 2008 at 3:53 pmPerle still holding out for ‘George W. Bush Square’ in Baghdad.
It still doesn’t remove the stain that is the Bush Presidency nor does it place any legitmacy on the last 8 godforsaken years……
November 17th, 2008 at 4:08 pmIf the George W Bush Square is located within the Sunni Triangle, all kinds of interesting geometry may result…
November 17th, 2008 at 4:17 pmCast this Perle before the swine!
November 17th, 2008 at 4:19 pmA Square? Hummmmm. Might I suggest a square be erected for Mr. Bush something like the French were so fond of in the 17th and 18th centuries. They knew how to deal with leaders that got out of line.
November 17th, 2008 at 4:24 pmI too celebrate the fact that George W. Bush is a square…from Squaresville that is…(The Lord God told me so…)
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November 17th, 2008 at 4:27 pmstateofthedivision Says:
This is not to cast aspersions on Obama, but to point out the system is deeply infected with PNAC’ers. Even our World Bank chief signed off on some of their position statements.
Obama has often said that he will listen to opinions from many different sources. It’s what he does with the opinions that we need to pay attention to. If he does the right thing, he will get praise, if he does the wrong thing, he will get criticism.
But, let’s not prejudge him, please.
November 17th, 2008 at 4:39 pmI have a better idea. Years ago (maybe they still do this?) parents used to bronze their children’s baby shoes as a keepsake. I vote we do the same with Bush, Cheney, and others including Pearl, and ask the Iraqis to put them in the square in Baghdad. The pigeons will love it, and graffiti would be encouraged.
November 17th, 2008 at 4:42 pm[a square named after President Bush].
Just pry up one of the tiles in the bathroom and in-stall one with his face on it.
November 17th, 2008 at 5:23 pmBilbo,
This is not to cast aspersions on Obama, but to point out the system is deeply infected with PNAC’ers.
let’s not prejudge him.
I meant the same thing as your clarification/admonition. I look forward to the PNAC’ers leaving appointed positions in our federal bureaucracy.
November 17th, 2008 at 5:44 pmBozo, you of course had the good taste to cut out his mouth before pasting it over the hole, yes?
November 17th, 2008 at 5:44 pmEven when proved that chimpy’s war is based in lies and deceit, this fool still believes chimpy deserves a monument.
What happened to the Baghdad Disneyland?
repugs don’t take basic dire straits seriously.
perle sits in his rocking chair telling Iraqis how proud he is of senseless rabid destruction.
November 17th, 2008 at 7:13 pmWhat a sad, pathetic little man.
November 17th, 2008 at 7:19 pmLet’s put it in the time horizon that a surge of mortar and bricks is needed to successfully win a victory in Iraq.
repugs base in the rays of ignorance.
November 17th, 2008 at 7:19 pmHey they got the George W. Bush sewagw treatment plant what more do they want?
November 17th, 2008 at 8:11 pmHas there ever been a square named after a leader who invaded and occupied a sovereign nation? Somehow I doubt it. I don’t see Iraq being a trendsetter on this.
November 17th, 2008 at 9:43 pmRichard Perle will go to his grave clinging to his delusions…like so many of his fellow Republicans.
November 17th, 2008 at 9:56 pmI thought they sent Richard Perle back to Auschwitz?
November 17th, 2008 at 10:32 pmFolks, lets not be too hasty to discount this.
We could have the GWB Cemetary.
the GWB mortuary.
the GWB sewage treatment plant (if we ever rebuild the infrastructure).
There are all sorts of appropriate monuments.
November 17th, 2008 at 10:34 pm.
It will include a gallows… NO?
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November 18th, 2008 at 1:35 amIsn’t about time that someone puts this brain-dead pile of lard out of his misery?
November 18th, 2008 at 6:16 am