*** Bush Rejects Lebanon's Call for Cease-Fire *** WTF?!!

[elehhhhna]

Bush Rejects Lebanon's Call for Cease-Fire

Jul 14, 4:02 PM (ET)

By TOM RAUM

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) - President Bush rejected Lebanon's calls for a cease-fire in escalating Mideast violence on Friday, saying only that Israel should try to limit civilian casualties as it steps up attacks on its neighbor.

"The president is not going to make military decisions for Israel," White House spokesman Tony Snow said.

Lebanon's prime minister asked Bush, during a phone call Friday, to pressure Israel for a cease-fire. But Bush told Prime Minister Fuad Saniora that Israelis have a right to protect themselves.
http://rawstory.com/showarticle.php?src=http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060714/D8IRVGT8I.html

[robinlynne]

1. oh shit.

[blonndee]

2. My god.

I miss Clinton.

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. Don't worry, the RW will blame it all on him.

[bdamomma]

12. and so will our allies if we have any left

ok? he got his war, now what?

[Literate Tar Heel]

3. gee, what a surprise (nm)

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. A real leader, isn't he? What the hell is wrong with this fool?

[bdamomma]

14. he is a very sick man

and he will take us all down with him, if we do not stop him.

[femrap]

21. he's sticking up for his base....

those fundies love Israel...especially when it bombs others.

[TheCowsCameHome]

25. I think you're right. They drool when Israel goes on the offensive

Much like they did when their idiot president went into Iraq.

[mom cat]

30. Bush has to please the rapture ready Christo facists.

[femrap]

38. And here I bet you thought that

Jesus taught Peace and Tolerance...how can his base be so willfully ignorant?

[sweettater]

6. is this the damn Twilight Zone!?!?

shit! :banghead:

[PA Democrat]

7. I guess Bush was telling the truth when he said,

"I'm a WAR president." War is better than a cease-fire in Bush's opinion.

[Bjornsdotter]

8. I knew we were better off

...with Bush not speaking. I wish he just sit in the corner and read "My Pet Goat"

Cheers

[whistle]

9. This is PNAC, pure and simple, Bush the war monger president

[lumpy]

10. The son-of-the bitch can't

even make a half ass attempt or the desire to defuse the situation. But, he sure as hell can nit-pick about Russia's failure on democracy. Fucker!

[TheCowsCameHome]

28. He's off partying with his buddy Vlad and can't be bothered.

He is a sick, sick man.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

11. Our "defense" industry will be pleased at his "statesmanship".

[The Gunslinger]

16. What timing with Haliburton getting out of Iraq and all. nt

[althecat]

13. God that is bad!!!!

[HuffleClaw]

15. while at the same time blaming syria and iran for the crisis

a crisis created by bush and israel, a crisis DESIGNED to 'justify' a strike against IRAN. when it was revealed israel had been planning this campaign BEFORE their soldiers were 'abducted', the truth was pretty clear indeed.

[hippiechick]

20. BINGO!

Sick as it is to even comprehend, you're right on. :evilfrown:

[rainy]

26. You are right on and look how easy it was to start!

We thought we would be prepared and that the whole world would rise and stop Bush. But, just look how easy it is to start the ball rolling and have everything appear just how they wanted it. I am sick about this and the MEDIA are responsible for the deaths that will follow for being so stupid as to spread the lies.

[AlamoDemoc]

17. I wonder how the Iranians and the Syrians feel about such statement?

...I guess they expected it all along.

[Clark2008]

18. Why would - he's a'jus' tryin' to hasten the RAPTURE.

Fucking stupid, inbred, idiotic piece of crap trapped in the treads on an insane man's shoe.

Sassum, frassum, rassum.

Fuckwad jerk-off with the brains the size of a half-pea.

I miss intelligence in leadership.

[DRoseDARs]

19. Remember, he's the "decider." He makes decisions to do diddly squat... nt

[PA Democrat]

22. There are 25,000 American citizens now trapped in Lebanon

I guess Bush doesn't give a damn about them either. A cease-fire would give then the opportunity to evacuate.

[druidity33]

33. wow...

didn't know that and nobody seems to be mentioning it... seems like a lot to me. Where did you hear that? Any link would be cool. If true, this could really be an LTTE bombshell... or call-in outrage topic. This whole situation is pretty scary. I wish more regular people would start paying attention already. Damn..... just damn....

:scared:

[PA Democrat]

34. Here is a link

Quote from MSNBC article:

"U.S. State Department officials are discussing the possibility of evacuation with the Defense Department, but for now, the roughly 25,000 U.S. citizens in Lebanon are being told to stay put."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13862665/

[mmonk]

23. Neocon policy is not about peace, but conflict for

their estimated 30 years.

[Ilsa]

24. That warmongerer Bush* is frothing at the mouth for more death. eom

[The Backlash Cometh]

27. The man is a mother fucking crazy person.

We have a mother-fucking crazy person in the White House.

[Child_Of_Isis]

29. Can't be stopping the rapture, ya know. eom.

[IowaGuy]

31. kind of ironic....

Bush gets all apoplectic over N Korea setting off a few dud fireworks and starts whining that China and Russia need to pull the leash on N. Korea (because they're scarin' us - boo hoo), while elements from our "allies" in Pakistan perform terrorist acts in India and we look the other way. Israel wigs out (the 4th most powerful Army in the world) and invades another country and starts raining all sorts of hell down on a civilian population and we do nothing but hold their coats for 'em (and pay for it also)...

Regardless of the inane, incompetent and impotent policies that have us mired in Iraq... What kind of insanity is it that could possibly think that these are the actions of a "benevolent superpower"? George Bush has single-handedly turned this country into the equivalent of nothing more than the fat bully that everybody laughs and sneers at....

[madmark]

32. in other words, Israel, keep bombing Beruit Airport, major Lebanese

highways, and pretty much anything else you want so we can associate ourselves with all the collateral damage you're causing....What an idiot.

[Nothing Without Hope]

35. They are not just "jusstifying" this violence. They are trying to incite

attacks, preferably from Iran and/or Syria.

That is what they are after: an excuse to bomb Iran.

The PNAC agenda continues to unfold.

[Czolgosz]

36. Lebanon: Bush administration claimed democracy is spreading just last year

Elizabeth L. Cheney, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
Remarks to Foreign Policy Association Annual Dinner
New York, NY
June 14, 2005

...We are living through historic times – for the world and for US foreign policy. From Ukraine to Afghanistan to Iraq to Georgia to Lebanon, we are seeing the expansion of freedom.... In February ... the Lebanese people rose up – one million of them marched in Beirut.... They are now in the midst of their first truly free elections in decades.... We’ve been inspired by images beamed out of Afghanistan and Iraq and Lebanon.... The Lebanese want their liberty, and they have a memory of a rich parliamentary life, of a decent balance of power that gave all the communities of this small but creative land a stake in their country.... a valiant Lebanese population braved police rule to secure liberty....


These same valiant, inspiring Lebanese are now the bad guys, right? Must be, or we'd advocate against bombing them if they were still valiant.

[OzarkDem]

37. Most Irresponsible President Ever

That's just pure evil, nothing more.

[Vinca]

39. This is my prediction:

Bush is interested in only one thing as far as this conflict is concerned and that is enticing Iran into the fray. When that happens, he'll be on the tube telling us we're going to war again. It could happen within a few days. If I had any money to bet, I'd put it on war with Iran.

[Pachamama]

40. No "WTF" comment necessary - Bush wants this war! He's so excited!

Pretty soon he'll step forward and say we are sending in troops/special forces to rescue stranded Americans in Lebanon (there are over 25,000 Americans who live and work there). Then there will be an "incident" in the Mediterranen Sea where a US ship is going to be hit and it will necessitate retaliation. Somewhere Syria and Iran will be pulled in and next thing you know - Voila! Presto! Big full blown Nuclear War in the Middle East, and Bush gets to play there and say "hey, we didn't start it, its just the War on Terror!"

:puke: