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Bush should not be over there...this sh!t scares me...
OK. I'm here for as long as I can manage.
Nothing on yet.
Any prior announcement?
Hubby and I were watching Walk the Line with Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash.
Still showing a replay of H&C. You sure FNC is covering it?
What channel?
I'm here - didn't expect to be - but had late company. H&C is on. sigh. I am just so ready the the President and First Lady to return to Planet USA. I watched Air Force One last night.
Here we go
Crows in the background cawing , this is a bad sign
What an ending! can we get that in type PLEASE!?!
Thanks for the LIVE thread...this was great stuff. "Let Freedom Ring!"
thanks for the thread which alerted me to the press conference.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/w-asia/2006/mar/04/030409700.html
Today: March 04, 2006 at 1:0:59 PST
Bush: Pakistan Committed to War on Terror
By TERENCE HUNT
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -
0303dvs-bush-fast-file President Bush showed solidarity Saturday with Pakistani President Gen. Perez Musharraf's war-on-terror alliance with the United States, a stance that is at odds with many in this Islamic nation.
"Part of my mission today was to determine whether or not the president is as committed as he has been in the past to bringing these terrorists to justice, and he is," Bush said at a joint news conference with Musharraf. "He understands the stakes, he understands the responsibility and he understands the need to make sure our strategy is able to defeat the enemy."
Bush said the main concerns are making sure that "actionable" intelligence is shared on a real-time basis between the two countries, and that Pakistan has the equipment and resources to move on terrorists and their hideouts.
Two days after an American diplomat was killed in a suicide car-bombing at a U.S. consulate in the southern city of Karachi, a hotbed of Islamic militancy, Bush promised that neither country would "back down in the face of these killers."
"We will win this war together," he said.
Musharraf reaffirmed his commitment to his support for Washington in the U.S.-led war on terrorism.
"It's very clear that the intentions of Pakistan and my intentions are absolutely clear - that we have a strategic partnership on the issue of fighting terrorism," Musharraf said. "If there are slippages, it is in the implementation part. We are moving forward toward delivering and we will succeed."
Bush mixed praise with gentle prods on the need for more democratic reforms in Pakistan. Musharraf seized power seven years ago in a bloodless coup and has reneged on a promise to relinquish his military post.
Bush said he appreciated hearing Musharraf's plans to spread freedom. But he also noted the need for elections next year to be "open and honest."
"President Musharraf envisions a moderate state that provides an alternative to radicalism," Bush said. "I believe democracy is Pakistan's future. We share a strong commitment to democracy."
Musharraf gave a lengthy defense of his record on the topic, while arguing for his right to retain his military uniform.
"We have introduced the essence of democracy now in Pakistan," Musharraf said.
He said both women and minorities have been empowered with a say in Pakistan's political life and "we have liberated the media and the press."
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reporter:Asking The President to answer a ? And Pres. Bush asked back without skipping a beat..."which one? smiles...and continues by saying there are two President's here." That comeback was aces!
One of the women protesting against the cartoonists said, "We will not allow the prophet* to be insulted by anyone." (*Along with their perfectly ironic aside "Peace be upon him....but not anyone else, apparently."
They went on to say that the UN is drafting "anti-religious defamation" language. I assume it will grandfather and allow anti-Christian "Piss Christ."
Their little tantrum over this proves they are winning these little battles against freedom, and we don't even realize it.
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Aw, shoot! I was busy enjoying the insides of my eyelids.