Furious Bush defends US role on world stage

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 22JUN06 | David Rennie

[Notwithstanding]

Author obviously has no idea what the word "furious" means.

[Crazieman]

The rest of the world is so amazingly ignorant, it boggles the mind.

I would be too if all I had was BBC/CNN International.

[Recovering_Democrat]

"furious"?? LOL.

[wildcatf4f3]

Well its hard to talk with the Europeans because they keep stopping to kneel towards mecca

[glorgau]

Furious, as opposed to that reasoned statesman Kim Jong-Il.

[West Coast Conservative]

"Furious"???

[familyop]

I laughed, too. In western Europe, our President is caricatured as a wild, trigger-happy cowboy of sorts, and our leaders in general as bulls in china shops. IMO, our Ambassador to the UN scares them all. ;-)

[MinorityRepublican]

Screw them all.

[goldstategop]

The President put the kibosh on a sniveling Euroweenie leftist. I'm sick and tired of Europe blaming us for all the world's ills. If it weren't for us, they'd still be living in post-war ruin.

(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")

[NutCrackerBoy]

Regardless of whether "furious" is an exaggeration, sharp anger is certainly justified. I want to look these people in the eyes and shake them. "Think! Let's defeat this menace together!!"

[familyop]

As our dollar adjusts toward the yuan and Euros keep their euro unnaturally high, more of them might come to visit us.

When they do, we should all act like Yosemite Sam or Rodney Dangerfield when in their presence.

[coconutt2000]

Put the typical European in a room with two other people. One a mature, male cop, and the other a young Middle Eastern male in traditional Muslim garb.

Both of them have a weapon. The cop has a hand gun and the Muslim has a long knife.

When the European is asked which is the greater threat, who does the European point to?


The cop.

Why?

Because he's holding a gun.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

ping for future.

[Mac1]

Don't worry about the anti Americanism from media and loaded polls; I'm sure the Western leaders all know who the best hope is for civilisation!

[Miss Marple]

The Austrian president gave a very heartfelt and fairly impassioned defense of the USA in response to that question. It was some snivelling European reporter who asked it, along with poll numbers.

[demkicker]

Even before Mr Bush landed for the one-day meeting in Vienna, his host, the Austrian chancellor, Wolfgang Schuessel, had made clear he would be demanding the closure of the Guantanamo Bay prison camp, in the name of the European Union.

I'd like to remind Wolfgang that his pissant country is so insignificant that his demands are an utter joke.

[D-fendr]

Some folks can't tell the difference between the fire and the fireman.

[Bahbah]

"It's absurd, is my statement," Mr Bush snapped, taking the microphone ahead of the president of the European Commission in his haste to answer the question.

How dishonest, the question was asked directly of the President so of course he answered it. He was not furious, he was bemused and a bit disgusted, as was I when I heard this nonsense.

[Mac1]

"The Austrian president gave a very heartfelt and fairly impassioned defense of the USA in response to that question"

Good

"It was some snivelling European reporter who asked it, along with poll numbers."

Typical - but where's the surprise?

Finally - did I read this right - there's a big brouhaha over Guantanamo but they don't want the inmates sent back to their own countries because they might face torture????!!!!!!