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LewWaters
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You just got to love Foxnews 
| Quote: | Little White Lies
Friday, December 10, 2004
By John Gibson
Well, first it was Canada and now it's Europe.
President Bush has announced that he is going to Europe early next year to try to mend fences with our recalcitrant friends: the French, the Germans, the Belgians and a few others.
The trip will start with a NATO (search) summit in Brussels, which is the administrative headquarters for the European Union — the French project designed to eventually rival the United States in worldwide influence. That's a joke, but it's also another story best left for another day.
Now, about the president's trip.
When he went to Canada (search), the Canadians — who have spent the years since Sept. 11 kicking us in the teeth — decided he was coming to apologize for the Iraq war. They stood around waiting to hear his apology and when he didn't say I'm sorry they stood around for a few more days wondering if they should accept the apology he didn't make.
You can expect more of same from the Europeans.
Secretary of State Colin Powell (search) was just forced to lecture the Euros over the issue of why some NATO countries — France, Germany, yada, yada, yada — won't allow their NATO troops to go to Iraq on a NATO mission to train Iraqi soldiers.
The French won't allow a French military person to set foot in Iraq. The Germans won't either and the Belgians are too busy making military pralines for the holidays. They won't go.
Powell had to say, guys this is not how NATO is supposed to work. If NATO agrees to send troops somewhere, you're supposed to come along, even if you sulk in your tents.
Nonetheless, Powell also made nice — in a transparently phony way — saying France is an important partner to the U.S., even though we all know it isn't.
Now Bush is going to have to go over there and tell the same little white lie.
Why? Because the American people demand it? No. Because the Euros are going to sit around seething at us until he does. They won't go help the Iraqis — whose difficult lives the Euros always bemoan — because they're in a snit about Bush and the Americans.
And we're going to have to watch all this and try to keep our lunch down.
Hopefully Bush smirks and makes them mad again. |
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,141060,00.html
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shawa
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| Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2004 7:30 am Post subject: |
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Hopefully Bush smirks and makes them mad again.
LOL, this is hilarious! It doesn't take much to make them mad. |
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GIaunt
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| Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 4:49 am Post subject: |
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Its because Bush is an adult and knows that the kids are going to sulk until he goes and makes the first move....
Its about the future, not about Bush's ego..... |
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blue9t3
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| Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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Bush has no buisness talking to anyone until the food for weapons to kill Americans scam is resolved! 
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| Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 9:15 am Post subject: |
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Ahhh.....Bush makes a trip to meet with the all-powerful European Potentates who have Euro history on their side of the Atlantic. They will expect this colonist to appear in front of them on bended knee and ask for forgiveness from the bastions of Euro power. They underestimate Bush just like the Democrats and do not take this American Cowboy seriously.
This is the way I see the trip. Bush is going to scold NATO and old Europe on its’ lack of support and efforts to undermine the sanctions we had in place with the oil for food scandal. He will use the statement “You are either with us or with the terrorists” right in their face and then he will discuss withholding American support from NATO and deeper withdrawals from Europe by American forces. Some of these troops may be positioned in former Soviet Republics, as they have shown a stronger level of support for America.
Slam Bam.
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blue9t3
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| Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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Exellent assesment, with Kofi gone he would plead ignorant, Kofi should simmer in his juices for awhile. 
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