Bush Visit: They slaughter protesters, too

Guardian ^ | 11/23/03 | Andrew Rawnsley,

[itsinthebag]

Excellent article.

[wizardoz]

Just because George W. Bush says something is so doesn't make it axiomatically wrong.

When you actually have to say that earnestly to people, you know you are dealing with drooling psychopaths.

[6323cd]

What? A pro-Bush op-ed in the Grauniad? The sensation you are experiencing is the universe reeling!

[BlueAngel]

I think many unlikely Brits were charmed by our President. We are not surprised.

[Liberty Valance]

Bttt

[zarf]

The bombings of the British consulate in Istanbul and HSBC bank actually had the effect of rescuing the Bush visit from vapidity. The atrocities suddenly and violently invested the Bush-Blair alliance with a renewed seriousness of resolve and purpose.

In other words: We on the cynical, sneering left don't really believe 9/11 was "all that".

[MJY1288]

Great article, and needs to be bumped :-)

I have made a point of reading the articles coming from across the pond this past 2 weeks and before President Bush ventured over to London the srticles were quite nasty and skeptical.

Shortly after he addressed the croud at White Hall Palace with his excellent speech on the three pillars of peace and reminded the Brits what we fight for, the articles have taken a different tone, and now that they have had a few days to review the message President Bush delivered during his visit. We are seeing a major shift in the tone of the major news outfits in London.

I believe this visit to London was far from the failure predicted by the liberals in the London media. In fact I think his visit was a huge success. Fair minded people will see how rediculous the protestors looked pulling down that silly statue meant to look like President Bush. Eventually the leftists liberals in London and here in the U.S. will be proven once again to be on the wrong side of History and they will be mocked as the cowardly blokes they are.

It was the same mentally deficiant crowd that called Ronald Reagan a "Dangerous Cowboy" that would start a Nuclear War and they protested by the millions in New York and London in 1982-83, Reagan stood tall and deployed the Intermediate Range Nukes to Europe and continued with his vision of bringing the Soviet Union to her knees, and by ignoring these pacifist who would rather lick the boots of a Dictator than confront a gathering danger. Ronald Reagan won the Cold War and the world is a much safer place thanks to him

[Krodg]

Bill Clinton was in the Oval Office, highly energised about brokering a peace settlement in the belief that this would be his historic legacy to efface the tawdry aspects of his presidency. It was at this time, when the United States was working hard for peace and hopes that it could be achieved had never been higher, that Osama bin Laden planned his atrocities against America.

That was too easy!!

[jocon307]

"As for those protesters who toppled that papier-mché Bush in Trafalgar Square, they were made to look naive. The bombers, if they could, would happily slaughter them too. It is a delusion to think that all that is needed to make the world safe is a change to the occupants of the White House and Number 10. Charles Kennedy could be Prime Minister and Michael Moore might be President of the United States. Al-Qaeda would carry on killing. Because, to them, freedom is an ugly thing."

Excellent post, great find. Truer words were never spoken. I hope every left wing idiot reads this.

[MJY1288]

Maybe someone should post this over at DU, I refuse to allow my PC to engage their server just in case any of that funk over there is contageous :-)

So if you know any undercover FReepers who have posting rights at DU and are willing to be banned, ask them to post this over there :-)

[RippleFire]

bump

[Pikamax]

the first reaction was the bombings were caused by Bush/Blair, but that was quickly struck down into what you have read above. They get it, but they are trying their best to not come to that conclusion because it goes against everything they believe in.

[mystery-ak]

Im stunned...do you think that some have learned for themselves that Dubya is not a blithering idiot that the American/British press makes him out to be...good article.

[Servant of the 9]

In the two years since the attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, the United States has been slowly learning that military superiority, however colossal, cannot by itself defeat this sort of enemy.

Sure it can. All we need is the resolve to kill everyone who might possibly be a terrorist.

So9

[MJY1288]

As I said last night on the "Dose", President Bush's visit to London was a complete success and his speech at White Hall Palace will go down in history as the turning point in uniting our allies. This is the beginning of the end for the terrorist as well as the communist backed anti-war movement in Europe and the U.S.

[Keith in Iowa]

I think many unlikely Brits were charmed by our President. We are not surprised.

When will they learn...people who misunderestimate Bush do so at their own peril.

[MJY1288]

The key to winning this war on terrorism is to deny these barbarians safe harbour anywhere in the world. Until the Clerics in Iran and that weak knee'd pencil necked geek in Syria are removed from power by either their people or by force, terrorism will continue.

I predict Iran will be taken over by the students and the Clerics will suffer the same fate as the Sha of Iran in 1979. Syria's Assad will have to be taken out by force and once Iran is no longer a threat, Israel will handle Syria and allow the people of Syria to elect their own leaders. This will take time, but the groundwork has been laid with the Taliban out of power and Saddam no longer a serious threat. But until AL-Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbullah, Islamic Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade and Feyadeen Saddam is completely destroyed, this war will never be over with.

[xp38]

What is really amazing is that even those on his side underestimate him. Before this trip Mark Steyn who I consider one of the best writers our side has, was fearing the trip to be a booby trap rife with potential failure. Mark has been so right on so many other things lately that his view got me depressed about it when I should have had the confidence that W can overcome big hurdles as he has so often demonstrated in the past.

[cardinal4]

What? A pro-Bush op-ed in the Grauniad? The sensation you are experiencing is the universe reeling!

Tell me about it; this is the third such article I have read tonight!