Bush *jokes* about not finding WMD...
Tasteless.
Self-deprecating humor is fine. In fact, it's the whole point of the address the President usually gives at the White House Correspondents Dinner. But to joke about the now defunct rationale for invading another country- to joke about the reason for sending in hundreds of thousands of troops, killing nearly 600 of them and wounding thousands, killing thousands of Iraqi civilians- to joke about that is beyond reprehensible.
The President disagrees. (article here
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Self-deprecating humor is fine. In fact, it's the whole point of the address the President usually gives at the White House Correspondents Dinner. But to joke about the now defunct rationale for invading another country- to joke about the reason for sending in hundreds of thousands of troops, killing nearly 600 of them and wounding thousands, killing thousands of Iraqi civilians- to joke about that is beyond reprehensible.
The President disagrees. (article here
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Originally posted by ShawnJ
Tasteless.
Self-deprecating humor is fine. In fact, it's the whole point of the address the President usually gives at the White House Correspondents Dinner. But to joke about the now defunct rationale for invading another country- to joke about the reason for sending in hundreds of thousands of troops, killing nearly 600 of them and wounding thousands, killing thousands of Iraqi civilians- to joke about that is beyond reprehensible.
The President disagrees. (article here
Isn't the point of the Correspondants Dinner to poke fun at the year's headlines? Here in Canada we have the Press Gallery Dinner, which is our equivalent. Seems to me to not mention WMDs at the dinner would have been odd, as they featured prominently in the biggest story of the year.
Then you have:
"Pakistan's president pardoned the country's top nuclear scientist Thursday for leaking weapons technology to Iran, Libya and North Korea."
And you have this:
"Musharraf was unapologetic about pardoning Khan, whom he referred to as a "hero" many times in a two-hour news conference at army headquarters Thursday. "Whatever I have done, I have tried to shield him," he said."
Taken from This Link
Where are Bush and Blair on this? Funny they do not demand our "US friendly" partner Pakistan to seize Kahn's home and assets and put him in prison or worse.
Double FREAKING Standards. Bush has no integrity. The war in Iraq was not about WMD. If WMD were the concern Kahn would either be dead or in prison today not keeping his millions and his mansions in Pakistan.
Yes this pisses me off.
Fellowship
Get over it.
Originally posted by Fellowship
And then you have This
Then you have:
"Pakistan's president pardoned the country's top nuclear scientist Thursday for leaking weapons technology to Iran, Libya and North Korea."
And you have this:
"Musharraf was unapologetic about pardoning Khan, whom he referred to as a "hero" many times in a two-hour news conference at army headquarters Thursday. "Whatever I have done, I have tried to shield him," he said."
Taken from This Link
Where are Bush and Blair on this? Funny they do not demand our "US friendly" partner Pakistan to seize Kahn's home and assets and put him in prison or worse.
Double FREAKING Standards. Bush has no integrity. The war in Iraq was not about WMD. If WMD were the concern Kahn would either be dead or in prison today not keeping his millions and his mansions in Pakistan.
Yes this pisses me off.
Fellowship
Of course it does. Fellowship, I find your flopping on Bush almost hilarious. And who will you vote for? Kerry?
Originally posted by SDW2001
You know, at this point it really doesn't matter what Bush does...the Bush haters will attack him for everything. God forbid the President shows a sense of humor about what is surely an embarrassment for him (and it is whether you think he lied or not).
Get over it.
I don't hate Bush because he is conservative. I don't hate Bush because he is from Texas. I don't hate Bush because he declares he is "Christian" (true or not).
I am Upset at Bush because what he does is not ringing true with this reasoning behind the Iraq war.
Funny who Bush considers friends of the US and get to fly freely just after 9/11
And funny Bush feels it is ok for Kahn to be pardoned and does nothing to put pressure on this THUG.
Yet we focus on Iraq and create more reasons for terrorists to hate the US.
I don't "Hate Bush" I just don't believe what he says and for good reason.
I think on my own and you should do likewise or one day if not already we will lose our freedom to do anything about it.
Fellowship
Originally posted by SDW2001
You know, at this point it really doesn't matter what Bush does...the Bush haters will attack him for everything. God forbid the President shows a sense of humor about what is surely an embarrassment for him (and it is whether you think he lied or not).
Get over it.
I'm still pissed at him over that sandwich he had last week, didn't he see Dave?! doesn't he know how to make a damn sandwich
Originally posted by SDW2001
Of course it does. Fellowship, I find your flopping on Bush almost hilarious. And who will you vote for? Kerry?
Honestly they both make me sick to my stomache.
I may not vote
Fellowship
Originally posted by Fellowship
Where are Bush and Blair on this? Funny they do not demand our "US friendly" partner Pakistan to seize Kahn's home and assets and put him in prison or worse.
If Pakistan isn't going to extradite him, there is little Bush or Blair could do.
They could "demand" all they want, but the end result is that Musharraf will pardon him anyways. Hell, international pressure didn't stop our President from going to war, so how can we expect that same pressure to work in our favor.
Musharraf isn't exactly known for his integrity either. He took over in a military coup FFS.
Libya is getting rid of it's WMDs anyways and I'm pretty sure the US has a close watch on both North Korea and Iran.
Originally posted by Fellowship
And funny Bush feels it is ok for Kahn to be pardoned and does nothing to put pressure on this THUG.
Do you even have an official statement from the Administration backing this claim?
How on Earth do you know Bush's personal views on this matter, especially when this happened today?
[edit: typo]
Originally posted by Fellowship
Honestly they both make me sick to my stomache.
I may not vote
Fellowship
Nader
Originally posted by job
If Pakistan isn't going to extradite him, there is little Bush or Blair could do.
They could "demand" all they want, but the end result is that Musharraf will pardon him anyways. Hell, international pressure didn't stop our President from going to war, so how can we expect that same pressure to work in our favor.
Musharraf isn't exactly known for his integrity either. He took over in a military coup FFS.
Libya is getting rid of it's WMDs anyways and I'm pretty sure the US has a close watch on both North Korea and Iran.
The point is this:
A person that has done what Kahn has done has no business being pardoned PERIOD.
"Strongly worded criticism of Khan's pardon came Thursday from former U.S. chief weapons inspector David Kay.
"I can think of no one who deserves less to be pardoned," Kay said in Washington. He called the disclosures "a wake-up call" and said Khan was "running essentially a Sam's Club" of weapons technology.
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How I agree with David Kay in this matter. What kind of message do we send when we slap this guy on the wrist?
What kind of integrity do we speak with when we talk about Iraq and WMD when we let this guy make millions off this distribution of WMD technology and parts / materials to enemies of the West and then he is allowed to keep his millions and is pardoned???
Shameless and not only that the world is more dangerous due to this lack of real leadership.
Kahn needs to be put away.
Fellowship
I saw the footage of George "being funny" on the news this morning. It was like something out of a British pantomime. I felt like yelling at the TV "LOOK BEHIND YOU GEORGE!"
Don't give up your day job George. No hang on, that's not right. DO give up your day job George. Oh hell now I've confused myself.
Originally posted by job
Do you even have an official statement from the Administration backing this claim?
How on Earth do you know Bush's personal views on this matter, especially when this happened today?
[edit: typo]
Funny you should ask:
"White House spokesman Scott McClellan sidestepped repeated questions about whether the Bush administration wants Pakistan to join the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
"President Musharraf provided us assurances that the government of Pakistan was not involved in any kind of proliferation activity," McClellan said."
Taken from This Link
Does that assure you personally? Speaking for myself I have to say not one bit am I assured. Just the opposite.
Fellowship
Originally posted by Fellowship
The point is this:
A person that has done what Kahn has done has no business being pardoned PERIOD.
How I agree with David Kay in this matter. What kind of message do we send when we slap this guy on the wrist?
What kind of integrity do we speak with when we talk about Iraq and WMD when we let this guy make millions off this distribution of WMD technology and parts / materials to enemies of the West and then he is allowed to keep his millions and is pardoned???
Shameless and not only that the world is more dangerous due to this lack of real leadership.
Kahn needs to be put away.
Fellowship
Except we arn't the ones "slapping him on the wrist." (See emphasis above.)
If you want to be ticked off at anybody, I'd be mad at Musharraf, not Bush.
It's not as if Bush was the one who pardoned him.
It's an odd way of getting mad at Bush. I find it rather odd that you can get peeved at Bush for not speaking out on the day it happened, yet not say a word about the person who actually pardoned him.
I don't quite see how you can get angry at Bush for the actions of another person.
Anyways, this is probably why I don't get involved in the political threads.
Originally posted by job
Except we arn't the ones "slapping him on the wrist." (See emphasis above.)
If you want to be ticked off at anybody, I'd be mad at Musharraf, not Bush.
It's not as if Bush was the one who pardoned him.
It's an odd way of getting mad at Bush. I find it rather odd that you can get peeved at Bush for not speaking out on the day it happened, yet not say a word about the person who actually pardoned him.
I don't quite see how you can get angry at Bush for the actions of another person.
Anyways, this is probably why I don't get involved in the political threads.
This did not happen today. The story says thursday but this is old news.
And NO I am upset at Bush because if we can go to Iraq we can target Kahn.
One way or another. Bush has found himself in a corner with his bedfellows in the Middle East and now we bow, wink and pardon the real threats in the world.
Sickening.
Fellowship
Originally posted by Fellowship
Honestly they both make me sick to my stomache.
I may not vote
Fellowship
Not voting says nothing. If anything, vote for a third party. A write in. Something.
So much of America doesn't vote it's ridiculous, and abstaining means nothing.
Originally posted by Fellowship
Does that assure you personally? Speaking for myself I have to say not one bit am I assured. Just the opposite.
Fellowship
I'd say this might be the reason why Musharraf pardoned him:
But Khan is regarded by many of Pakistan's 150 million people as a national hero. Trained in Europe, he founded the program that made Pakistan the Islamic world's first nuclear-armed state in 1998, to rival the military might of its historic enemy and larger neighbor, India.
"From Musharraf's standpoint, it's far preferable to try to draw a line under the issue by accepting Khan's confession, rather than run the political risks of a full-scale investigation and trial," said Gary Samore of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.
"They do not want to embarrass him further and make his job more difficult," said Talat Masood, a Pakistani military and political analyst. "Without Musharraf, the whole war on terror would be compromised."
The quote was taken from the link you provided.
We may not like Musharraf's actions, but he is looking out for his political future.
Anyways, I'm not trying to change your opinion or anything. I just thought it was odd that you could get mad at Bush because of what someone else did.
I've found online political discussions to be somewhat of an oxymoron. They arn't discussions, just tennis matches, back and forth, back and forth..and they don't really do much of anything, besides annoy people.
Originally posted by bauman
Not voting says nothing. If anything, vote for a third party. A write in. Something.
So much of America doesn't vote it's ridiculous, and abstaining means nothing.
Spare a thought for the stay?at?home voter
His empty eyes gaze at strange beauty shows
And a parade of the gray suited grafters
A choice of cancer or polio
ROLLING STONES - SALT OF THE EARTH
Originally posted by bauman
So much of America doesn't vote it's ridiculous, and abstaining means nothing.
Well, abstaining might suggest a lack of confidence in our democratic process, but I don't quite think that's what people are going for when they don't vote.