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Bush Laughs Off Critics Of 'Spoils Of War' Bidding
Independent (UK) ^
| 12-12-2003
| Rupert Cornwell
Posted on 12/11/2003 4:56:19 PM PST by blam
Bush laughs off critics of 'spoils of war' bidding
By Rupert Cornwell in Washington
12 December 2003
George Bush poured fuel on the flames of the Iraq contracts dispute yesterday with a sneering dismissal of a suggestion by the German Chancellor that the decision to bar Germany, France Russia and Canada from bidding might violate international law.
"International law? I'd better call my lawyer," the American President joked in response to a reporter's question at the White House.
Gerhard Schröder had spoken earlier after a meeting in Berlin with Kofi Annan, the UN secretary general. Mr Annan called the decision by Paul Wolfowitz, the Deputy Defence Secretary, "unfortunate" and likely to damage attempts to rebuild transatlantic ties bruised by disagreement over the war. The EU is examining the legality of the US moves to stop countries that had not participated in the war from bidding for the $18.6bn (£10.7bn) of contracts, on vague "national security" grounds.
Democrats seized on the episode as further evidence of Bush diplomatic blundering. "How do we get a coalition together when we're putting it out on a government website that a country like Canada is a national security risk to the United States?" Marty Meehan, a Democratic member of the House Armed Services Committee, said.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: axisofweasels; bidding; bush; contracts; critics; laughs; rebuildingiraq; war
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To: blam
Bush and Company are letting the scumbags frame the issue.
It is NOT that we are punishing those countries who stabbed us in the back, but rather, that we are REWARDING those countries who had the guts to join us and risk lives. It's a more positive, and palatable, spin.
To: futureceo31
Kerry/Dean/Gephardt: No chance against GWB. We need this supposed dummy who says what he believes not what the left/polls want/say!
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posted on
12/11/2003 5:09:52 PM PST
by
rocksblues
(Keep em Flying and come home safe!)
To: blam
O'Reilly's having a hissy-fit over this. Had to turn off his show. (Again)
To: Piranha
The laws that the nine dwarves would have us operating under if they had their way.
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posted on
12/11/2003 5:13:46 PM PST
by
OldFriend
(DEMS INHABIT A PARALLEL UNIVERSE)
To: blam
"George Bush poured fuel on the flames of the Iraq contracts dispute yesterday with a sneering dismissal of a suggestion by the German Chancellor that the decision to bar Germany, France Russia and Canada from bidding might violate international law." I just LOVE that man!
To: Right_in_Virginia
O'Reilly's having a hissy-fit over this. Oh, really? What, he doesn't like anybody stealing his shtick? GW out-O'Reillied O'Reilly?
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posted on
12/11/2003 5:14:06 PM PST
by
dasboot
To: blam; dasboot; Az Joe
I'd better call my lawyer.
LOL!!! I think he already did another tough-as-nails, sonofagun, "cowboy" by the name of James Baker. Heheheheheh...
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posted on
12/11/2003 5:14:52 PM PST
by
Wolfstar
(Ronald Reagan — Freedom Man)
To: Lancey Howard
You are right. The only problem I have with GWB's administration is they won't fire back at these appeasement/leftist scum.
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posted on
12/11/2003 5:14:53 PM PST
by
rocksblues
(Keep em Flying and come home safe!)
To: Right_in_Virginia
O'R was opining last night that the government should be in control of the medical and pharmaceutical professions. The man has lost his mind.
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posted on
12/11/2003 5:15:15 PM PST
by
OldFriend
(DEMS INHABIT A PARALLEL UNIVERSE)
To: Right_in_Virginia
Reading between the lines: probably a message to the EU "put up or shut up."
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posted on
12/11/2003 5:15:26 PM PST
by
dhs12345
To: Az Joe
I laughed too! He sneered at them! Ach der snausages, exclaimed der German Chancellor, you are violating International Law!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Merry Christmas Euroweenies, Merry Christmas!
To: Right_in_Virginia
Yep...O'Reilly's really off the reservation on this issue. He looks so pathetic whenever he tries to put on his "independent" hat. And this is why I can no longer stand O'Reilly...he's so afraid of being labeled a Republican puppet that he goes off on some of the most irrational tangents I've ever heard.
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posted on
12/11/2003 5:19:00 PM PST
by
cwb
To: Enterprise
The Euro-weenies have no sense of humor. They also simultaneously take this president far, far too lightly and far, far too seriously, as befitting their advanced stage of Leftist schizophrenia and ossification.
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posted on
12/11/2003 5:19:16 PM PST
by
Wolfstar
(Ronald Reagan — Freedom Man)
To: blam
When Dean heard this, he offer to bend over the table for any Frog or Kraut who demanded it.
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posted on
12/11/2003 5:19:28 PM PST
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: blam
Germany, France, and Russia..
The modern day jackals who set and wait for the Lion to do all the work of the hunt, the chase, and the the kill, only to try and run in and collect the spoils of the Lions hard work.
Scavengers...spineless...and most of all..shameless.
To: firehunter
Great thoughtful response!
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posted on
12/11/2003 5:22:55 PM PST
by
rocksblues
(Keep em Flying and come home safe!)
To: blam
Priceless. I wonder if the Independent, seething with resentment, understands how any normal person would respond to Bush's remark.
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posted on
12/11/2003 5:23:47 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: dasboot
International Law? I'd better call my lawyer BWAHAHAHA!!
Sounds like something Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi would say. No wonder Bush and Berlusconi get along so well, they truly enjoy getting under the skin of the European leftists.
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posted on
12/11/2003 5:24:08 PM PST
by
Azzurri
To: blam
When President Bush said, "International law? I'll have to call my lawyer!", I cracked up laughing in my living room! It was hysterical! LOL! CNN was so upset they did a poll on Wolfie's show...67% agreed with the President...and that's CNN!!!
To: Lancey Howard
No, it is more that these countries really do pose a security risk. When the terrorists are using French made missiles, dated 2003, we find German made portable bio labs and various Russian made weapons in Iraq, it is a safe bet that we can't trust these countries.
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posted on
12/11/2003 5:27:28 PM PST
by
Eva
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