Posted on 09/21/2006 1:04:05 PM PDT by jbwbubba
Harkin defends Venezuelan President's U-N speech against Bush
by Darwin Danielson
Iowa Senator Tom Harkin, a democrat, today defended Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's United Nations speech in which Chavez called President George Bush the devil. Harkin said the comments were "incendiary", then went on to say, "Let me put it this way, I can understand the frustration, ah, and the anger of certain people around the world because of George Bush's policies." Harkin continued what has been frequent criticism of the president's foreign policy.
Harkin says Bush came to office saying he wanted a new humility in foreign policy in reaching out to other countries, but Harkin says Bush's actual policy has been heavy handed. Harkin says the anger against Bush is generated from the Iraq war, which Harkin says was "unnecessary."
Harkin says, "We tend to forget that a few days after 9-1-1 thousands, thousands of Iranians marched in a candlelight procession in Teheran in support of the United States. Every Muslim country was basically on our side. Just think, in five years, President Bush has squandered all that." Harkin says the U.S. has put billions of dollars into the Iraq war, when it could be helping poor countries with things like clean water, medical aid and education.
sad to say, the rain forest pork is being promoted by Sen. Grassley
Harkin and Chomsky came up for air from their sweaty love embrace to celebrate SOMEONE buying Chomsky's book, I see.
Tell us about humility, ace.
I've never seen Kerry or Harkin look so pleased to be around the current American President as they are to be around the thug Ortega. But of course, I wouldn't want to be accused of calling them unpatriotic for that.
To clarify that, I'm speechless, because if I posted what I'm thinking, my post would be deleted and I'd get a timeout for what I wrote.
How to tell that you're too much of a lefty moonbat: when Al Franken says so...
Damn....talk about hard choices...
Harkin continues to demonstrate that he's a worm.
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