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2006-07-17 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Mideast crisis drives Bush to colorful language

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Posted by Steve 2006-07-17 09:07|| || Front Page|| [11128 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Sounds like Bush is in a real hurry to get that UN peacekeeping force going.

Posted by Perfesser 2006-07-17 10:12|| 2006-07-17 10:12|| Front Page Top

#2 I am starting to wonder about of dear friend Blair. He is a Leftist and this mic was discovered on by him of course after the slip of tongue. Also remember back the leaked memos about Aljazera, about planning on invading Iraq before openly admitted, about many other instances.

Maybe our mole and leaker is a little closer than thought.

Posted by C-Low 2006-07-17 10:19|| 2006-07-17 10:19|| Front Page Top

#3 I kind of like this - what I heard on the inadvertant open mike is exactly what I would have expected. Same points, same words, same inflection. None of the typical politician's BS double-speak, one thing to the public, and something totally different in private (think Clinton, or muslim 'leader').

Posted by glenmore">glenmore 2006-07-17 10:30|| 2006-07-17 10:30|| Front Page Top

#4 Bush the poker player showing a few cards?

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-07-17 10:36|| 2006-07-17 10:36|| Front Page Top

#5 Yeah, I think Syria should get Hezbollah to stop doing this shit too. Well said, Mr. President.

Posted by ex-lib 2006-07-17 11:00|| 2006-07-17 11:00|| Front Page Top

#6 Ya notice how often Bush "accidentally" leaves a mic on?

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2006-07-17 11:28|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-07-17 11:28|| Front Page Top

#7 Odd that he left the Iranians out of that statement, unless of course it was intended for public consumption.

Posted by AzCat 2006-07-17 12:18|| 2006-07-17 12:18|| Front Page Top

#8 Iran funds the Army of Allah (Hezb'Allah), but Damascus is the one that funnels their arms and hosts their leaders.

Posted by lotp 2006-07-17 12:21|| 2006-07-17 12:21|| Front Page Top

#9 Hence Iran is the primary source of the problem while Syria is more of a bit player / hanger-on. If this conversation was really intended to be private I'd expect Bush would have addressed the statement to either Iran, as the main source of the problem, or Iran and Syria, as the joint source of the problem. To me the fact that he singled out the weak sister of the pair for a comment that should send Baby Assad running for the nearest bomb shelter lends a bit of support to the above comments that this might not have been an accident.

Or maybe I just want to believe that Karl Rove really is this good. ;)

Posted by AzCat 2006-07-17 14:32|| 2006-07-17 14:32|| Front Page Top

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