Upcoming, our next episode of "As the Worm Turns"...
Posted on 06/05/2004 10:08:18 AM PDT by RobFromGa
President to speak this afternoon in France with Jacques.
Bush Senses Spirit of Unity on Iraq, UN Deal CloseSat Jun 5, 2004 12:47 PM ET
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PARIS (Reuters) - President Bush said on Saturday he sensed a spirit of unity in the international community to help Iraq that would result soon in a U.N. Security Council resolution, but Russia and France kept pressing demands.
Several thousand anti-war protesters gathered in Paris as Bush went into talks with President Jacques Chirac that he hopes will improve ties between the two countries strained by the Iraq war, which France opposed.
Chirac, whose country has a veto on the Security Council, wants a fixed timetable for withdrawing U.S.-led forces from Iraq. Russia, another veto-wielding member, also wants changes to a U.S. and British draft resolution endorsing a handover to an Iraqi interim government on June 30.
"I sense a spirit of unity in terms of working with the new Iraqi government," Bush told a news conference in Rome earlier.
"I'm confident we will get (a resolution) soon," he said.
Bush thanked Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, one of his closest allies in Europe, for helping to negotiate with some Security Council members who opposed the Iraq war.
1:25 EST for the news conference..about 6 minutes from now.
TEN MINUTE WARNING-
FNC says this Informal Press Conference will be on in ten minutes at 1:25pm.
Historical moment ping!!!
thanks, Howlin, I was getting lonely.
This should be interesting. I hope Bush doesn't overdo the getting along stuff but I expect he will.
Do you think Chirac will come to Crawford and "stare at cows"? ;^)
BUSH IS BRILLIANT!!...allow me to summarize this for you all. After visiting Normandy, which reminds th world,a nd the French of the scarifice that the US amde to free Europe and defeat the Nazis, France is now going to veto the UN Security council resoultion? I think not?..and The French who would veto, these are the "allies" Kerry has been saying we need, that he will embrace?..
Upcoming, our next episode of "As the Worm Turns"...
LOL! I'm sure that was EXACTLY what our President was thinking!
"Yeah sure I'll cover up your oil for food scandal, what's an ally for anyway."
At this very moment, getting Iraq stabilized is the most important thing we are dealing with. But then, you already know that. The oil for food scandal will probably be brought out by the Iraqis themselves in time.
President Bush is brilliant, as usual. The dems, Kerry, etc. will no longer be able to say that President Bush doesn't get along with our allies. That they would do better.
They are still meeting right now, FNC is standing by.
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