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Indignant Arabs Say Bush Democracy Speech a Sham
Reuters ^
| 11-07-03
Posted on 11/07/2003 8:01:38 AM PST by Brian S
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posted on
11/07/2003 8:01:39 AM PST
by
Brian S
To: Brian S
Criticism of America from the Middle East? I never would have seen that coming. [yawn]
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posted on
11/07/2003 8:04:14 AM PST
by
Coop
(God bless our troops!)
To: Coop
.....many said on Friday they were appalled Washington was preaching liberty for Arabs while occupying Iraq. Yeah! If America cared anything about liberty in the Middle East, they would never have gotten rid of Saddam Hussein!
Such "logic" is astounding. We must never forget that we are dealing with a bunch of 7th century morons infected with the mental illness called Islam.
To: Brian S; Grampa Dave; Miss Marple
I guess it all depends on who you ask and who is doing the asking
Check THIS Article out. MSNBC might not be as anti-American as Reuters
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posted on
11/07/2003 8:12:13 AM PST
by
MJY1288
(The Democrats Have Reached Rock Bottom and The Digging Continues)
To: San Jacinto
F*%k 'em.
Their little fantasyland world has brought the rest of us no end of grief.
They will either reform, or they will overreach in one, grand mistake that they will not realize in time to stop. I have no confidence in this score. The Arabs are the Arabs. It's always everyone else's fault with those people.
Be Seeing You,
Chris
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posted on
11/07/2003 8:13:00 AM PST
by
section9
(Major Kusanagi says, "Click on my pic and read my blog, or eat lead!")
To: Brian S
The speech was for a home audience. solidify the base.
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posted on
11/07/2003 8:14:54 AM PST
by
bert
(Don't Panic!)
To: Coop
Looks to me like the Arabs have developed one of Democracys unfortunate character traits: the clintoon defence.
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posted on
11/07/2003 8:15:12 AM PST
by
Adrastus
To: Brian S
"President George Bush's calls for democracy rang hollow in the Middle East, where many said on Friday they were appalled Washington was preaching liberty for Europe Arabs while occupying Germany Iraq."Islamic spin isn't even rational...
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posted on
11/07/2003 8:16:47 AM PST
by
Southack
(Media bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: Brian S
The only thing these people think about is Israel. They would live as slaves and knaves even more than they do now if it somehow would make Israel disappear. We need not take their opinions into account - they will never change their tune and always will oppose anything we propose so long as Israel exists. Brute force is the only thing understood in that region - that, and dollars for oil.
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To: Southack; MJY1288; Miss Marple
GW's speech is a very nice Ramadan Present.
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posted on
11/07/2003 8:19:45 AM PST
by
Grampa Dave
("If you don't like change, you're going to like irrelevance even less.")
To: Brian S
many said on Friday they were appalled Washington was preaching liberty for Arabs while occupying Iraq. Who would you rather have A-rabs? American soldiers keeping the peace (or at least trying to in the face of all the fundamentalist's attacks), or maybe we could put Saddam back in and see how you hypocrits like that? My guess is Iraqis are enjoying more freedoms and protection with American troops 'occupying' their land than they otherwise would be. These people just don't get it, maybe ultimately, this will be why democracy fails in the Middle East. For democracy to work, you'd first need to have a population that isn't brainwashed and actually has a clue.
To: seamole
This is an explanation issued by Reuters on October 2, 2001 concerning their policy on not using the word
terrorist to describe those who hijacked aircraft to attack the World Trade Center and the U.S. Pentagon, September 11, 2001.
Below is the text of a letter sent to the editors of certain US newspapers:
We write in response to the confusion surrounding the use of the word "terrorist" in Reuters news stories.
We lost six members of the Reuters family and offices that housed 550 others who thankfully survived. From the first moments after the attacks, Reuters staff around the world worked tirelessly to account for their colleagues, restore our information services to customers, and report the news.
However, these efforts have been overshadowed by the controversy over the policy of our Editorial group to avoid using emotional terms such as "terrorist" in their news stories. This policy has served Reuters and, more importantly, our readers well by ensuring access to news as it occurs, wherever it occurs. As a global news organization reporting from 160 countries, Reuters mission is to provide accurate and impartial accounts of events so that individuals, organizations and governments can make their own decisions based on the facts.
Nonetheless, in an internal memo reminding our journalists of our policy in the immediate aftermath of the September 11 attacks, a statement was made that "one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter." This wording caused deep offense among members of our staff, our readers and the public at large, many of whom felt this meant Reuters was somehow making a value judgment concerning the attacks. This was never our intention, nor is it our policy. Our policy is to avoid the use of emotional terms and not make value judgments concerning the facts we attempt to report accurately and fairly. We apologize for the insensitive manner in which we characterized this policy and we extend our sympathy to all those who have been affected by these tragic events.
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posted on
11/07/2003 8:26:16 AM PST
by
sam_paine
(X .................................)
To: Grampa Dave
Heheheh. That was a great speech.
Oh, good, now we are going to have ( on Fox) a comment on this speech by someone ( Mark Brezinski) who served on on Clinton's NSC.
Here's the spin from him: we need to identify ourselves with the Middle East peace process or we have no credibility. This guy is an idiot.
To: Brian S
The effendeis are offended? I'm shocked!
To: Ashamed Canadian
Oh man, I just echoed San Jacinto's comments almost exactly. Nice to know there's like minded people out there somewhere, lord knows there's a lack of them in the socialist wasteland I occupy right now.
To: sam_paine
Let's see. Reuters claims that it avoids the word "terrorist" in its reports on the Middle East not exactly because "one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter," as they remarked after 9/11, but because "terrorist" is too colorful and emotional a word and they want to be objective.
Yet does anyone imagine for a second that the opening of this article is "objective" and free of judgmental sorts of emotions? "President George Bush's calls for democracy RANG HOLLOW in the Middle East, where many said on Friday they were APPALLED. . . ." Oh, yes, how neutral this language is. But I forgot, Reuters only has to be neutral about Arab terrorists, not about President Bush.
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posted on
11/07/2003 8:34:12 AM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Brian S
"He wants democracy and the U.S. is occupying Iraq and its ally Israel is killing Palestinians? Arabs just don't buy it."
And, of course, Israelis are killing themselves -- Palestinians have nothing to do with it.
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posted on
11/07/2003 8:43:35 AM PST
by
Lee'sGhost
(Crom!)
To: Brian S
"Bush's speech is like a boring, broken record that nobody believes," said Gulf-based political analyst Moghazy al-Badrawy.Saddam said the same thing. hehe
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posted on
11/07/2003 8:47:35 AM PST
by
rudypoot
To: Ashamed Canadian
Very good, thanks.
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posted on
11/07/2003 8:50:33 AM PST
by
gulfcoast6
(Prayers for President Bush please, lets help him out.)
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