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LIVE THREAD: President Bush News Conference 03/06/03
http://freerepublic.com ^ | March 6, 2003

Posted on 03/06/2003 4:13:55 PM PST by Howlin

President Bush's new conference regarding current events



TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bush; gwblivenewsconf; gwbpressconf; iraq; un
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To: jwalsh07
Gary Hart is obviously a coward!
1,461 posted on 03/06/2003 6:14:02 PM PST by dawn53
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To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
**I do think that Korea is the real wild card here.**

Agreed. With your whole post.
1,462 posted on 03/06/2003 6:14:11 PM PST by prairiebreeze (One, two, three, dip, two, three. No Blixie, we've decided we don't want to dance with you anymore!)
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To: meyer
Keep in mind that internal Iraqi sources are still being protected.

In other words, you don't have any evidence that Iraq is behind 9-11. Back when I thought Saddam was at fault, I was gung-ho for war. Now that they haven't shown us any evidence, I've back off, and dont' see any reason to treat him differently than we're treating N Korea. You say we'll "get to N Korea in due time" But Bush disagrees - he says diplomacy and containment will work for N Korea. If so, then I'd like to see them tried with Iraq before we go in and get our people killed and create an imperialistic occupation for years and years.

1,463 posted on 03/06/2003 6:14:14 PM PST by churchillbuff
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To: oceanview
He is directly linking Iraq to the terrorist together in this speach and the State of the Union address. The problem is that if you are not an internet junky you do not know all of the reports that link Iraq to the terrorist. What he has not done is explained how they are tied together to the American people, they hear him say it but do not see the connection.
1,464 posted on 03/06/2003 6:14:18 PM PST by Lady Heron
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To: Howlin
You can bet the Congress isn't going to be declaring war. They'll be lucky to be advised.

Can you picture the look on Daschle's face if the President does not inform Congress first? LOL

1,465 posted on 03/06/2003 6:14:24 PM PST by SaveTheChief
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To: gopno1
Gary Hart is such a piece of ****! He says "the President did not state what the objective of invading Iraq was

And that is why he will NEVER EVER EVER be President

1,466 posted on 03/06/2003 6:14:33 PM PST by Mo1 (Free Miguel Estrada !!!)
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To: cajungirl
"CHURCHILLBUFF IS REALLY A TEENY BOPPER,,IGNORE HIM,,,HE IS A PEST"

Uh...no.

Churchillbuff is making far more sense than the "let me go make some popcorn while we nuke the towelheads" crowd.

I thought lock-step thinking was for democrats?

1,467 posted on 03/06/2003 6:14:33 PM PST by CoolGuyVic
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To: PhiKapMom
Gary hart on O'Reilly -- President didn't state what our objective is in Iraq?

Now Hart's trying to scare the crap out of everyone with the increased risk of terrorism. ~~ Isn't Hart needed on a boat somewhere?

1,468 posted on 03/06/2003 6:14:45 PM PST by Right_in_Virginia (May God bless President Bush and our troops)
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To: churchillbuff
We love free speech.

Unfortunately, yours if FOS speech, and we're sick of reading it.
1,469 posted on 03/06/2003 6:14:54 PM PST by Howlin (It's another good day to be a Republican!)
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To: RobRoy
Yeah, I think it is wishful thinking. Bush does not lie (he wants no comparisons to Clinton!)

Bush put the brakes on the war fever just a bit, like tapping the brakes to slow down as you around another curve. I think we can take that at face value. It's not happening tomorrow or even next week. There'll be diplomacy for a little while longer yet. So put your ear plugs in hard, there's going to be a lot more garbage in the air yet to come than we've probably heard up to this point.

1,470 posted on 03/06/2003 6:15:02 PM PST by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: VRWC_minion
Gary Hartpence on O'Reilly now spewing his appeasement, delay and world government swill.

Leni

1,471 posted on 03/06/2003 6:15:13 PM PST by MinuteGal (THIS JUST IN ! Astonishing fare reduction for FReeps Ahoy Cruise! Check it out, pronto!)
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To: WarrenC
The Jack Wheeler link is great. I had no idea we had that capability.

it is pretty cool, isn't it? now that the newser is over, i'll post it again. it's here, and well worth reading. i've liked wheeler's stuff for a long time, and i think he just plain nails it here.

dep

1,472 posted on 03/06/2003 6:15:18 PM PST by dep
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
You bet, my FRiend !!
1,473 posted on 03/06/2003 6:15:30 PM PST by MeekOneGOP (Bu-bye Saddam! / Check out my Freeper site !: http://home.attbi.com/~freeper/wsb/index.html)
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To: Scott from the Left Coast
Their actions don't make any sense at all in that context (except perhaps in a "B" grade spy movie).

Their actions make a lot of sense. Consider the following . . .

1. Politically, the leaders of these countries have to protect themselves because in a parliamentary system the government could collapse tomorrow. In a system like ours with pre-determined term lengths, leaders can pick and choose when to take certain actions relative to the time that will elapse before the next election (i.e., taking controversial stands two years before the next election gives a U.S. politician some calendar time to re-build his popularity). In the modern world, the phrases "parliamentary government" and "lack of courage" are synonymous for the very reasons I described.

2. These nations also want to provide the outward appearance of opposing the U.S. to keep their relations with Arab nations on good terms.

3. In the event the U.S. is incapable of "doing it right," they will be in a position of "plausible deniability." Recent history shows that the U.S. generally doesn't have a great track record of "doing things right," so they simply want to cover their @sses.

Point #3 is also interesting because it has also been applied in reverse. If you go back to the early 1990s and see how Croatia was able to build the most powerful standing army in Europe despite the fact that the former Yugoslav republics were subject to an arms embargo by NATO nations, you'll notice that in that case Germany was doing things on their own and the U.S. was doing exactly what France and Germany are doing today.

1,474 posted on 03/06/2003 6:15:33 PM PST by Alberta's Child
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To: gopno1
I am sick to death of Fox having dipwads like Gary Hart on there.


I swear, I'm SICK of it!
1,475 posted on 03/06/2003 6:15:33 PM PST by Howlin (It's another good day to be a Republican!)
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To: churchillbuff
{WHISTLES} Hey, you ignored me!!! :P
1,476 posted on 03/06/2003 6:15:38 PM PST by Constantine XIII
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To: churchillbuff
Don't get me wrong, I'm anti-Iraq as the next guy. But if containment will work against N Korea (as Bush says it will ) then I'd like to see it tried against Iraq - or like to hear why the double standard.

Let's take a walk down memory lane...

Iraq invades Kuwait. The Dems think we should do nothing. The French think we should do nothing (maybe some sanctions). After almost six months of lobbying Bush the First convinces the UN to go after him. The French insist that we not actually go after Saddam, just get him out of Kuwait.

We kick his butt faster than anyone thought possible. Bush, good to his word, does not go for the kill. Saddam, in retreat, sets the Kuwaiti oil fields on fire.

As part of the end of hositilities, Iraq agrees to disarm. The UN sends inspectors in to make sure he does. Saddam jerks the inspectors around until 1998 and then kicks them out. We should have resumed hostilities then, but Clinton was president.

GWB takes office and starts to put the pressure back on Saddam to comply with his ORIGINAL agreement to disarm. Everyone seems to forget that we stopped bombing the crap out of him only because he agreed to disarm.

Since he has still not disarmed, since there is good intelligence tying him to various terrorist groups, since we were attacked on 9/11 by terrorists groups, we feel that NOW is a good time for Saddam to comply with his agreements, or we will resume hostilities.

This is why containment won't work. Containment will not disarm him. He needs to be disarmed because he has already invaded his neighbors and would likely do so again if he thinks no one would stop him.

The PRK is a separate issue, with different dynamics, that will be handled at a different time, in a different way.

By the way, what are your credentials that lead you to be an expert on foreign policy? Mine are a degree in Polical Science, I had Kurt Valdheim as a professor for International Relations, and three years in state politics and two years as an aide to a Congressman who co-chaired the foreign relations committee.

1,477 posted on 03/06/2003 6:15:40 PM PST by Crusher138
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To: AppyPappy
One minute you want us to invade North Korea

No no no - - I want the Bush doctrine viz North Korea (containment) tried with Iraq. I want a SINGLE STANDARD, not a double standard.

1,478 posted on 03/06/2003 6:15:40 PM PST by churchillbuff
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To: PhiKapMom
I cannot believe these RATS!!!

I couldn't get to the mute button fast enough after Hart's first sentence or two.

1,479 posted on 03/06/2003 6:15:48 PM PST by Otta B Sleepin
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To: jwalsh07
Gary Hart is basically a Kennedy wanna-be. He's Ted Kennedy minus about 80 lbs., less scotch and more drugs. If you like Kennedy you like Hart. He makes my skin crawl.
1,480 posted on 03/06/2003 6:16:03 PM PST by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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