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[PhiKapMom]

Please feel free to make your comments, etc., on this thread to let others know if you heard the speech, what you personally thought of President Bush's speech to the United Nations.

[Sir Gawain]

By speaking to the UN, he is giving relevance to an irrelevant and obsolete organization. It was a mistake to go.

[votelife]

watched the speech live, thanks for posting!

strong speech. no groveling to the UN.

He reminded them that the FAILED to stand up for the resolutions, though he put it diplomatically. He pointed out some real evil in the world (nuclear proliferation in terrorist states, slavery, the spread of AIDS) and called on the UN to work on these things, rather than obstruct the US bringing freedom to world.

He also said, the terrorists should have no "friends" in this chamber- of course they do.

all in all, a good shaming of the UN, similar to last year.

[pollywog]

watched it on Fox. Great speech with the same Bush determination that has been characteristic of him from the start!!!

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Thanks for posting the transcript, PKM! White House is being very helpful, getting these posted early enough to debunk the press accounts.

For those who missed the speech, try to catch it on C-Span. Masterful.

8 President's Speech before the UN (Live Thread)

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[cwb]

Did you guys catch the clip Rush just played of Peter Jennnings, after the President's speech? As Bush was getting a unanimous applause from the members, Jennings had to comment: "we really shouldn't gage anything by the applause." What a piece of sh**.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

...The founding documents of the United Nations and the founding documents of America stand in the same tradition...

They couldn't be more at odds.
What a pile.

[My2Cents]

The primary goal of our coalition in Iraq is self-government for the people of Iraq, reached by orderly and democratic means.

What is it about democracy that the Democrats oppose?

The Democrats have their eye on the prize. President Bush has his eye on the ball, and he alone, it seems, is committed to winning the war on terror.

The UN talks about human rights and providing relief to human suffering. George W. Bush and the United States actually DO something to enhance human rights and provide relief for suffering.

[Peach]

Thanks for posting this. It was a great speech and I'm glad I got to hear it with my own ears before the press spins it into something else.

[Blue Scourge]

Thanks for posting the transcript....it was on right after I got out of my US govt. Class. I was going to go to the lounge and watch it but realized I had to make up a test for my religions of the world class.

Sounds like he came off strong and determined..still hoping to catch some soundbites later on.

[ArGee]

In my mind President Bush is much too nice.

If I had been giving that speech, it would have gone something like this.

Many of you in this chamber know that there is a significant amount of oil wealth in Iraq. I believe this fact is clear. What I think is not clear is that we are the ones who are currently sitting on it and you are not. Some of you seem to think it's the other way around. I'm here to remind you it isn't.

Up to this point America, with a few allies, notably Great Britain, have done the hard work, spent the money, and shed the blood to liberate Iraq from its brutal dictator. The rest of you have stood by and watched, criticizing from the sidelines like some fans at an NFL game.

After we have done all that work you have the unmitigated gall to suggest that we should simply hand it all over to you so you can make the money from Iraqi oil, the way you did with your bogus "Oil for Food" program and your illegal embargo busting. That kind of chutzpa might have worked with other administrations, but it won't work with this one.

If you think you can take this oil from us, then bring it on. Otherwise, I suggest you get off your high-horses and start showing some respect. If you ask politely we may, and I emphasize may, let you in on the reconstruction. If you don't, then we're going to continue to do this without you, and you won't get one thin American dime of that Iraqi oil money.

Thank you, and don't take too long making up your minds.

I suppose it's a good thing I'm not President.

Shalom.

[Numbers Guy]

Thanks for posting; I was stuck in a meeting and missed it. You're right, no groveling whatsoever, a powerful restatement of why we did what we did and why we were right to do so, and a thumb of the nose at the French and others who are trying to undermine Iraqi reconstruction. You can bet that the direct reference to the Marshall Plan, which saved Europe from starvation, depression, and Marxism, was aimed right at the French and the Germans.

[yonif]

Since that day, terrorists have struck in Bali, in Mombassa, in Casablanca, in Riyadh, in Jakarta, in Jerusalem -- measuring the advance of their cause in the chaos and innocent suffering they leave behind.

Between these alternatives there is no neutral ground. All governments that support terror are complicit in a war against civilization. No government should ignore the threat of terror -- because to look the other way gives terrorists the chance to regroup, and recruit, and prepare. And all nations that fight terror, as if the lives of their own people depend on it, will earn the favorable judgment of history.

In the spirit of this speech, I said hello to the PLO terror regime offices in Washington DC, and to our millions that have been sent to that Palestinian Authority terror regime.

[facedown]

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[sam_paine]

Where'd you get this transcript. He did not close with "Thank You." He said only, "May God bless you all." Wonder why the change?

[Luis Gonzalez]

My country "will not at any price accept that a collection of states more or less totalitarian and professional at dictatorship, a collection of new states more or less responsible, more or less consistent, dictate its law to us. The United Nations is a derisory tribune for sensational speech-making, overbidding and the worst kind of threat-making." -- Charles De Gaulle

"There is no alternative to the United Nations" -- Jacques Chirac

"I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French." -- Charles De Gaulle

[ForOurFuture]

Does Bush any longer give speeches about any topic other than terrorism and/or Iraq? Admittedly, it's a big topic, but anyone who's watched 2-3 of his dissertations on it gets the general drift by now. I'm sure there have been many, but off the top of my head I honestly can't recall the last Bush speech whose general message wasn't "We're gonna win the war on terror."

[TEXOKIE]

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