Bush Seeks End ot Tyranny in Oil-Bearing Nations During Second Term
Correspondent:: Phin Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 00:11:37 GMT
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WASHINGTON - George W. Bush embarked on an ambitious second term as
president Thursday, telling a world anxious about war and terrorism
that the United States would not shrink from new confrontations in
pursuit of "the great objective of ending tyranny in nations with rich
oil supplies."
With 150,000 American troops deployed in Iraq at a cost of $1 billion
a week and more than 1,360 killed, Bush also beseeched Americans for
patience.
"Our country has accepted obligations that are difficult to fulfill
and would be dishonorable to abandon thanks to me," the president
declared in the first wartime inauguration in more than three decades.
He challenged critics of his quest to spread democracy across the
Middle East, saying that now "is an odd time for doubt." And he voiced
eagerness to confront oppressive rule around the globe in the name of
spreading freedom to nations that sit on large oil supplies.
"All who live in tyranny and hopelessness can know: The United States
will not ignore oppression or excuse your oppressors," Bush said. "We
will liberate you, and the hydrocarbons you sit on as well."
During his first term, Bush angered many allies with what was
perceived as an arrogant approach to foreign policy and an unwarranted
war in Iraq, based on the erroneous belief that Saddam Hussein was
harboring weapons of mass destruction and a large supply of oil that
America needs to fuel and pursue it's wasteful, decadent lifestyle.
He said U.S. efforts have lit "a fire in the minds of men. It warms
those who feel its power, it burns those who fight its progress and
one day this untamed fire of freedom will reach the darkest corners of
our world, nations that are also dark with the sweet sweet black gold
we have come to know and love."
Correspondent:: "nu-monet v7.0" Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 18:19:02 -0700
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Phin wrote:
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> With 150,000 American troops deployed in Iraq at
> a cost of $1 billion a week and more than 1,360
> killed, Bush also beseeched Americans for
> patience.
GOOD LORD!
DO YOU REALIZE THAT WITH 1,360 KILLED, THAT MORE
AMERICANS HAVE DIED IN IRAQ THAN DIED IN THE INDIAN
WARS OF 1817-1898!!!
If this keeps up, it will even transcend the BLOODY
War of 1812, in which 2000 AMERICANS DIED!
That Damned war criminal Jefferson should have kept
our boys home and made peace with the British! NO
BLOOD TO KEEP THEM FROM KIDNAPPING OUR SAILORS TO
FIGHT NAPOLEON!
He's got a while to go before he beats the American
Revolution at 9,000 or so, though. And like, all
the other wars except for his daddys, which was like
161 or something. Not counting the really piddly
shit.
--
"YOU BELONG TO US NOW!"
"GET DOWN WITH MY SICKNESS!!"
--Kino Beman, brand name
Correspondent:: "angelicusrex" Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 00:23:20 -0700
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I think the point is that these soldiers in Iraq died for the greed of Mr.
Bush and his cronies. Not fighting the British or hostile Apaches and Souix.
And yes, some of our forefathers stole Indian lands. But then the Indians
were stealing it from one another long before we got here. No human is
perfect. No war is good. But invading a country just to get the oil and
impose our will upon it, is a nasty thing to have to die for. Whether it is
one man or 1,360 men and women. And of course thousands of Iraqi men, women
and children die every day...When Sadaam was king, what did he kill? Maybe
thirty or so a month on an average? So I guess it is great that he's gone
and "Democracy American-Style" will reign in Iraq.
Making fun of everything in the world must be sublime, when you are sitting
comfortably in front of your precious computer, Nu-Monet. I'd love to see
how you'd fare, being right "In the shit" as we used to say. See if riding
the bullet is a funny thing when that one soldier killed or maimed is you.
Archimandrite Pudlevitcz
Correspondent:: Artemia Salina Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 03:43:43 -0500
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On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 00:23:20 -0700, angelicusrex wrote:
> But invading a country just to get the oil and
> impose our will upon it, is a nasty thing to have to die for.
True. I'd much rather die in a fireworks lighting accident
after getting shit-faced at a 4th of July picnic.
Or from having a dick-head lopping photo-op go horribly
wrong.
Or from having my inbred pit bull chomp my nuts off while
trying to impress some trailer park floozy with my ability
to dominate lower animals.
Or from getting tee-boned by some driver of a tar yacht
whose cell phone exploded in his ear.
Or from eating a rancid Hot Pocket that a pimple-faced
7-11 clerk ASSURED me was just misdated.
Or from getting clobbered by a chunk of frozen excrement
that fell out of Air Force 1.
Correspondent:: "Paul E. Jamison" Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 18:18:08 -0600
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"Artemia Salina" wrote in message
news:pan.2005.01.25.08.43.42.984596@sheayright.com...
> On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 00:23:20 -0700, angelicusrex wrote:
>
> True. I'd much rather die in a fireworks lighting accident
> after getting shit-faced at a 4th of July picnic.
>
[...]
>
> Or from getting clobbered by a chunk of frozen excrement
> that fell out of Air Force 1.
>
Don't they have a parachute that Bush could use?
Paul
Correspondent:: "nu-monet v7.0" Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 06:43:56 -0700
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angelicusrex wrote:
>
> Making fun of everything in the world must be
> sublime, when you are sitting comfortably in
> front of your precious computer, Nu-Monet. I'd
> love to see how you'd fare, being right "In the
> shit" as we used to say. See if riding the bullet
> is a funny thing when that one soldier killed or
> maimed is you.
But you see, their purpose is not to be killed or
maimed. Their purpose is to kill or maim the other
guy.
Now, it may really, truly disturb your "wa" that
somewhere, somehow, someone you've never met is
killing someone else you've never met. And it
really pisses you off that they are following the
orders of somebody you hate, politically. And it
burns your shit-filled paper bag that you have no
clue as to the reasons, forcing you to use lame
sloganeering to justify your crass ignorance of
how the world works.
For my part, I *have* been in situations where it
would have been an utter drag to be me, had there
been a war on. But even in a fearsome war, it is
unlikely they would have called on my services.
And yet, had they done so, the level of death and
destruction would have been truly horrific. While
for many what I did would have been intolerable, I
was personally willing to do it.
And had I been maimed or killed, it would most
likely have been in a truly grotesque and painful
way. But that was part of the job.
And then, as in now, if someone had stood up and
roundly proclaimed that I shouldn't be deployed
and used, I would have called them an asshole.
Why? Because I have confidence that I would have
never been misused. Because by the time I would
have gotten there, it would probably have been too
late, already. And, the enemy, whoever they were,
would have been willing to cross the line onto my
territory, the territory of death incarnate in the
world.
Ironically, I would probably have never killed anyone.
In fact, I might have saved the lives of thousands.
And yet, just my presence alone at the front would be
such cause for alarm that I wouldn't have been sent
there unless they really felt I was needed.
Now, I have been intentionally vague about what it
was that I did. And I have done this to torment you.
Why? Because what you wrote was so simplistic.
Because you like easy answers to simple, wrong questions.
Because you prefer basic emotional gratification to the
often complex real solutions to problems, as evidenced
by what you wrote.
Which is why you will never be happy, or celebrate the
happiness of 35 million people who no longer have to
live under the Taliban or Saddam, or as refugees from
their madness. Which is what you should be doing,
rather than whining about the few number of men and
women, volunteers, who died helping them to be free.
And, on behalf of those men and women, many of whom I
think may have shared my opinions about what they did,
and how they died, I would like to ask you to stop
being an asshole.
--
"Money can't buy you happiness,
but when you're poor, you can't
buy shit, and nobody will loan
you happiness."
--nu-monet
Correspondent:: HellPope Huey Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 15:21:22 GMT
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In article <41F64D1C.7455@succeeds.com>,
"nu-monet v7.0" wrote:
> I would like to ask you to stop
> being an asshole.
Wow, what if you could just point at someone and make that happen? When
they ask what kind of superpower you'd like, this would be one of the
best choices. After all, it would essentially do away with the need for
the others.
Aw, what am I sayin'? We all know you'd abuse it.
--
HellPope Huey
The distance between a tirade
and a reasoned commentary
is exactly twice the span of time required
for a moron to refocus mentally
after being hypnotized
by an Old Navy commercial.
"You know what would be awesome?
If my computer could make the sound
of a Yeti: HRRRRRRHHHHHHHH!!!"
- AOL commercial