Peace prize winner 'could kill' Bush

The Australian ^ | 25 July 2006 | Annabelle McDonald

[Sub-Driver]

Peace prize winner 'could kill' Bush Annabelle McDonald 25jul06

NOBEL peace laureate Betty Williams displayed a flash of her feisty Irish spirit yesterday, lashing out at US President George W.Bush during a speech to hundreds of schoolchildren.

Campaigning on the rights of young people at the Earth Dialogues forum, being held in Brisbane, Ms Williams spoke passionately about the deaths of innocent children during wartime, particularly in the Middle East, and lambasted Mr Bush.

"I have a very hard time with this word 'non-violence', because I don't believe that I am non-violent," said Ms Williams, 64.

"Right now, I would love to kill George Bush." Her young audience at the Brisbane City Hall clapped and cheered.

"I don't know how I ever got a Nobel Peace Prize, because when I see children die the anger in me is just beyond belief. It's our duty as human beings, whatever age we are, to become the protectors of human life."

Ms Williams was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 30 years ago, when she circulated a petition to end violence in Northern Ireland after witnessing British soldiers shoot dead an IRA member who was driving a car. He veered on to the footpath, killing two children from one family instantly and fatally injuring a third.

Ms Williams's petition had tens of thousands of Protestant and Catholic women walking the streets together in protest. Now the former office receptionist heads the World Centres of Compassion for Children International, a non-profit group working to create a political voice for children.

"My job is to tell you their stories," Ms Williams said of a recent trip to Iraq.

[Straight Vermonter]

Ms Williams was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 30 years ago, when she circulated a petition to end violence in Northern Ireland after witnessing British soldiers shoot dead an IRA member who was driving a car. He veered on to the footpath, killing two children from one family instantly and fatally injuring a third.

Of course the terrorist may have been working on a plot to kill dozens of innocents. But I guess that doesn't matter.

[TexasCajun]

[ArrogantBustard]

I think she needs a visit from the Secret Service.

[Borges]

It's an Australian source. Is this MSM in Australia?

[Vision]

Yes, do you think the other counties don't have a media?

[Borges]

I meant is it MAINSTREAM Media. I don't know what 'The Australian' is.

[Churchillspirit]

Ms Williams won the Nobel peace prize 30 years ago.....

Actually she shared it with Mairead Corrigan. They were from opposite sides of the conflict but came together to try to stop the violence.

[Northern Yankee]

"Right now, I would love to kill George Bush."

Sounds like a peace activist to me.

Sheesh!

[Vision]

Well look into it and get back to me.

[MplsSteve]

Well, I'd hope that the State Department would revoke Ms. Williams' visa and bar her from entering this country again. For comments like that, it'd serve her right.

For the record, if she had made comments like that against Bill Clinton, I'd say the same thing.

[ncountylee]

Ms. Williams reeks from the stench of appeasement.

[ZeitgeistSurfer]

Bush Derangement Syndrom, Level 4 (hatred with an expressed desire to kill GWB).

[RexBeach]

How do you think old Betty views abortion?

[stephenjohnbanker]

""Right now, I would love to kill George Bush." Her young audience at the Brisbane City Hall clapped and cheered."

That is a terrorist threat!

[talleyman]

Typical moonbat.

[calex59]

Just another peace loving liberal.

[jpl]

Right now I'm just trying not to laugh too hard at this dried-out old hag trying to pass herself off as a Jack Bauer.

[Names Ash Housewares]

Beyond insane.

[sono]

No doubt she's reserved at least equal ire for the victims of the murderous al Tikriti family...

/sarc

[reagan_fanatic]

"I don't know how I ever got a Nobel Peace Prize, because when I see children die the anger in me is just beyond belief. It's our duty as human beings, whatever age we are, to become the protectors of human life."

Tell that to the three thousand innocent civilians who died in the twin towers at the hands of a bunch of murderous, suicidal muslims. Many of the victims were crushed so completely by thousands of tons of concrete and steel that they had no body parts left to identify or bury.

Tell that to the hundreds of thousands of Iraqi men, women and children who were brutally tortured and killed at the bloody hands of Saddam's brutal regime.

And if you are so 'concerned' about the protection of human life, would you mind telling us what your stand on abortion is and how that fits in with your statement?