Posted on 03/02/2005 8:56:04 AM PST by GulfBreeze
No more than was fighting for Poland when we entered WWII.
George W Bush, bringing democracy to a neighborhood near you. Oooorahhh, get some!
President Bush demanded that Syrian get out of Lebanon, saying the free world is in agreement that Damascus' authority over the political affairs of its neighbor must end now, speaking during an appearance at Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, Md., to tout his job training programs, Wednesday, March 2, 2005. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
A Lebanese woman chants slogans and waves a Lebanon flag, as she and others take part in an anti-Syria demonstration in Martyr's Square, central Beirut, Wenesday, March 2, 2005. United States' President George W. Bush on Wednesday demanded in blunt terms that Syria get out of Lebanon, saying the free world is in agreement that Damascus' authority over the political affairs of its neighbor must end now. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
A Lebanese protester waves a flag during a daily sit-in in the capital Beirut, March 2, 2005. Lebanon's top pro-Syrian officials held talks on Wednesday on selecting a new prime minister.
Lebanese flags fly near the martyrs statue in Beirut. Lebanon's opposition held talks with the Syrian-backed Shiite militia Hezbollah in the hope of persuading the group to join its ranks to win a Syrian troop pullout.(AFP/Patrick Baz)
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus. Israel dismissed comments by Assad that Damascus will recall its troops from neighbouring Lebanon in the next few months.(AFP/File/Louai Beshara)
After all these years of despotism, Syria is a sewer without much in the way of current assets.
I had a good friend who was in the Korean War. He said the Turkish contingent were superb fighters and always good to have protecting your flank. I agree that it's been somewhat up and down since then. But things really turned sour with the Iraqi war.
President Bush has invited the Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir for a meeting at the White House on March 16. Patriarch of the powerful Maronite Catholic Church, he is a leader of opposition to Syrian occupation.
The White House spokesman said the cardinal is "respected throughout Lebanon and around the world for his religious leadership and for promoting intra-communal harmony among the different faiths in his country.
"He is an important voice for Lebanese independence, freedom and democracy," the White House spokesman said.(AFP)
The tentative schedule of events is as follows and please this is tentative:
Mon. 3/14: Arrival of Patriarch in evening to Washington, DC
Tue. 3/15: Honorary Doctorate at Catholic University
Wed. 3/16: Private Meeting with President Bush
Thu. 3/17: Private Luncheon with Members of both Houses; Inter-Eparchial celebration: Mass at 6:00 pm at the National Shrine, banquet to follow
Fri. 3/18: Arrive in Brooklyn: 12:00 pm Private Lunch with Archbishop Migliore at United Nations; 7:00 pm Lenten devotions at Cathedral; Honorary Doctorate from Fordham University, followed by Lenten meal
Sat. 3/19: (Feast of St. Joseph): 5:00 Liturgy at Cathedral; 7:00 pm Banquet
Sun. 3/20: 11:00 am Palm Sunday celebration at Cathedral
Mon. 3/21: Return to Lebanon
The Maronite Church is one of the Eastern Catholic Churches. For more information on the Church's two 'lungs':
"oh no oh no.. why GW will only anger them and cause to attack us more!...." excerpt taken your average lib... lmao
W's crosshairs are set on Syria... whaaamm!
If Gore/Kerry had been presidents, we would not be witnessing historic times.
Nedra Pickler?? I remember Rush mentioning her more than once as she covered the campaign
I'm begging you - PLEASE...do not insert the word President anywhere near the name of the traitor. Thanking you in advance.
Countdown to how long it takes the Syrians to respond that the "hypocritical" U.S. should get out of Afghanistan and Iraq...
Not that they're remotely the same, I just see it coming. And I see the left making hay with it.
Bump!
President Washington: "The Great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign Nations is in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements let them be fulfilled, with perfect good faith. Here let us stop."
My, how times have changed.
Wherever the standard of freedom and Independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will her heart, her benedictions and her prayers be. But she goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy.
She well knows that by once enlisting under other banners than her own, were they even the banners of foreign independence, she would involve herself beyond the power of extrication, in all the wars of interest and intrigue, of individual avarice, envy, and ambition, which assume the colors and usurp the standard of freedom. The fundamental maxims of her policy would insensibly change from liberty to force.... She might become the dictatress of the world. She would be no longer the ruler of her own spirit....--John Quincy Adams
Times have changed indeed.
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