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- rm999, on 10/12/2007, -40/+379"PLEASE digg this up!"
PLEASE stop saying that! - millions, on 10/12/2007, -56/+392Not that anything this man says could surprise anyone anymore but:
"I think the Iraqi people owe the American people a huge debt of gratitude."
The most scientifically valid estimation of the Iraqi civilian death toll is at 600 000. - crash331, on 10/12/2007, -32/+229PELLEY: Is that an act of war against the United States on the part of the Iranian government?
BUSH: I'm not a lawyer. So act of war is kind of a . . . I'm not exactly sure how you define that. Let me just say it's unacceptable.
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He doesn't know what an act of war is. Imagine that.
PELLEY: Do you believe as commander-in-chief you have the authority to put the troops in there no matter what the Congress wants to do?
BUSH: In this situation, I do, yeah. Now, I fully understand they could try to stop me from doing it. But I made my decision, and we're going forward.
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Prick. - swimmingbird67, on 10/12/2007, -58/+253why the ***** is george bush still president?
seriously, it pisses me the hell off! - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -37/+186"why the ***** is george bush still president?
seriously, it pisses me the hell off!"
Are you flaccid with anger? - samoproducer, on 10/12/2007, -12/+130Holy crap. Bush doesn't even hesitate to say he will attack Iran and Syria.
- draebor, on 10/12/2007, -7/+122Here's my favorite quote:
"You've made terrible choices for your people. You've isolated your nation. You've taken a nation of proud and honorable people, and you've made your country the pariah of the world... You've defied international accord. And you're slowly but surely isolating yourself." (Bush addressing Iranian Government)
Uhhhh, Mr. Bush... glass houses, sir... glass houses. - towca, on 10/12/2007, -29/+132"So you think the people of Germany don't owe the US (and the other allied nations) any gratitude, even though civilians died?"
Well, it's not really the same thing is it? Hitler was working to annihilate several races and was a serious threat to his nation and the rest of the world. Saddam on the other hand.... well, I didn't have the feeling that Saddam was about to kill me with a nuke before Iraq was invaded. - Rmillerick, on 10/12/2007, -4/+93Full transcript here:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/14/60minutes/printable2359119.shtml - sachmanb, on 10/12/2007, -71/+155"why the ***** is george bush still president?" - because the elections are rigged
- HappyScrappy, on 10/12/2007, -17/+92TSK:
Did you read the transcript?
He doesn't just say the Iraqis owe us. He says they owe us and aren't acting appreciative enough. He blames the lack of support for the war in the US on the Iraqis not showing enough appreciation for what we did for them.
That goes far beyond normal levels of bizarre. - artofwar420, on 10/12/2007, -8/+76He's gonna start a war with Iran, then finish his term, then the new president will get all the crap for the ongoing war. Bush will then say: " I did it for the American people's safety, it's not my fault President Palmer screwed it up"
- Joab, on 10/12/2007, -15/+76@swany1012 -
Its a little different liberating a country because the people running it are responsible for the death of between 9 to 26 million Jews (wiki). Than liberating a country from a dictator who turns out wasn't doing anything of the things they said he was doing and completely molested our emotion pain of 9/11 into allowing a war with this country.
The fact is that 600,000 Iraq's have died because of both wars and the 'peace' time in between death due to bombings on people in no fly zones aren't counted because its not a time of war, AND also you have the pain/suffering due to the leukemia rates that have sky rocketed in children because of all the depleted uranium.
So yes they really have a lot to thank us for. The fact is the country was better off when Saddam was in office. He was an ***** I'd admit and I'm not going to shed a tear that he's dead. But think of the fear these people must live in every day, of road side bombs, random shootings, and the occasional US atrocity (see the 14 year old girl that was raped by 4 US soldiers and killed along with her family). Its similar to a post 9/11 US with never knowing if another devastating event was going to occur that would result in casualties.... only with these poor people they live 9/11 every single day.
- Joab
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5253160.stm - 14 year old
http://www.slate.com/id/2108887/ - Census Explained
http://www.xs4all.nl/~stgvisie/VISIE/iraq.html - Children leukemia Rates - Miami Herald - Twango, on 10/12/2007, -8/+64We attacked Iraq. They did not provoke that attack. How can we insist that they should be grateful?
This war has lasted longer than WW2. And the results? The Iraqis are suffering more now than they were under Saddam.
No country apart from the UK thought this war was a good idea.
If the Iraqis are not grateful, it may be because the lead-up to the war was bungled, the war has been bungled, and now the response to failure is being bungled. Every day they must pay for the bungling with destruction and death. And there's no end in sight.
Ask yourself how grateful you would be. - Mewchu11, on 10/12/2007, -15/+70"I'm not a revengeful person"
*facepalm* - igotdugout, on 10/12/2007, -21/+76Wtf he says that anyone who wants to kill the Americans are considered a terrorist?
Well guess what? You invaded their country accusing them of WMD. You killed their people for resisting takeover. You ***** destroyed their homes. You ***** turned their cities from a 3rd world country to a ***** wasteland. They have NOTHING. Given their situation, who the ***** doesn't want the American people dead? - williamdyer, on 10/12/2007, -20/+71Google up "A Clean Break."
We are going to war for Israel. No WMDs. No bin Laden. We are killing people in an undeclared war with no cause because that is what Israel wants. When you wonder "How the ***** did we end up at war with Iran?" there is your answer. Read it. Iran was the plan from the very beginning. - Disparity, on 10/12/2007, -7/+54BUSH: I think I'm a flexible, open-minded person.
Hahahhahahhahahahahahhahahahaha. - fyrehart, on 10/12/2007, -15/+62PELLEY You think the whole region could be in play? Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait?
BUSH: Absolutely. No question in my mind.
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PELLEY: Did you see the video of Saddam Hussein's . . .
BUSH: I saw some of it.
PELLEY: . . . execution?
BUSH: Yeah.
PELLEY: What did you think when you saw that?
BUSH: I thought it was discouraging. You know, obviously could have handled this thing a lot better. And I knew it'd be, you know, one of those incidents where it would call into doubt . . . it would create further skepticism. You know, it's important that-- that chapter of Iraqi history be closed. They could have handled it a lot better.
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...wow. - chaskell, on 10/12/2007, -10/+56@TSK06
"You mean going around and asking "how many people do you think died" is a scientific way to determine the death toll?"
You have a better way Mr.Scientist?
There is a margin of error involved with that number and it is the best method of counting deaths in dangerous/remote areas of the world. Unless the US Military comes out with a number (which they don't disclose. Soldiers are not allowed to disclose number of kills and don't keep track of civilian deaths) then 600,000 is the most scientifically accurate number we have.
It is sure as hell a lot more accurate than looking at the 600,000 and saying "Well, that can't be right! We would have heard about it if it was that high!" Which, by the way, seems to me is the most common counter to that number. - Brainwave, on 10/12/2007, -12/+57He's embarrassing.
- Disparity, on 10/12/2007, -4/+45PELLEY: You know better than I do that many Americans feel that your administration has not been straight with the country, has not been honest. To those people you say what?
BUSH: On what issue?
PELLEY: Well, sir . . .
BUSH: Like the weapons of mass destruction?
PELLEY: No weapons of mass destruction.
BUSH: Yeah.
PELLEY: No credible connection between 9/11 and Iraq.
BUSH: Yeah.
PELLEY: The Office of Management and Budget said this war would cost somewhere between $50 billion and $60 billion and now we're over 400.
BUSH: I gotcha. I gotcha. I gotcha.
Wow... - thebenchase, on 10/12/2007, -30/+66this man is a disease. the sooner he's gone, the better.
- Hazardc, on 10/12/2007, -8/+39You know, submitter, you didn't need to beg for digg's to get this story on the front page...
- returnofmalv, on 10/12/2007, -6/+37"why the ***** is george bush still president?
seriously, it pisses me the hell off!"
Cause Americans are complacent pussies. At least in South America they have the balls to coup. - milarepa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+30What about funding Sadam all those years. Do they owe us a huge debt of gratitude for that too?
- OBKenobi, on 10/12/2007, -3/+31[quote]You can certainly disagree with him, but the sooner he's gone, the sooner some other guy has to come up with some ideas that are either bad or worse.[/quote]
1. Impeach Bush.
2. Get the ***** out of Iraq.
3. Get our stolen billions back from Halliburton, et. al.
How's that for a simple plan? - peritonlogon, on 10/12/2007, -3/+31@Twango
You got the talking point wrong "This war has lasted longer than WW2. "
We've been involved in this war longer than we were involved in WW2 is the line. Howerver WW2 was 1939-1945 6 years... gotta wait till '09. - pixelguru, on 10/12/2007, -13/+41>> Because he won majority.
Actually, it was because (in 2000) he fell within the election system's margin of error.
Since the election system was (and currently is) incapable of accounting reliably for every vote cast, there is a 50% chance that Bush "stole" that election. - DocDEB, on 10/12/2007, -3/+30"...it'll bite us in the ass in 10 years when Iran nukes Israel."
I suspect Israel would "nuke" Iran long before that. - Dolphtesla, on 10/12/2007, -9/+33We can leave Iraq. It is bleeding this country dry. As are his ***** private contractors that are leaching YOUR tax dollars and war profiteering. This president is a criminal. So is his cabinet. He should be tried in court. We should all protest. We should all get organized.
The only reason why we ignore this atrocity of a war is because it appears not to affect us. This is because there is no draft.
This current leader has been stripping away our civil liberties in the name of security. We are all letting him. - HappyScrappy, on 10/12/2007, -23/+47Heh. I just passed the gratitude part. He not only says the Iraqis owe us gratitude, but that he feels that part of the reason the war isn't suported is because the Iraqis are not showing enough gratitude.
Wow, he just mentioned he's reading books!
I'm sorry, I wanted to remain neutral here, but he just comes off as such a simp. "It's a purty plane, isn't it?" - Disparity, on 10/12/2007, -12/+36My eight-year-old sister is a better public speaker than Bush.
- TheWorm, on 10/12/2007, -6/+28This reminds me of that time when all the conservative news chanels were giving Clinton ***** for being outspoken in a Fox interview. At least he had some brains behind his rant. This patriotic rant was the same old garbage he's been feeding us for years. He does an excellent job of side stepping the real meaning of the question also.
Seriously, what would those people who were ripping into clinton actually have to say about this? Jesus they're blind. - OokieWonderslug, on 10/12/2007, -21/+43I wish this idiot we call a president had never been born.
- wendelgee2, on 10/12/2007, -2/+23Video is on the right side of the screen. Follow the link
- edstate, on 10/12/2007, -2/+23I have a friend who puts together focus groups of CEOs and other "powerful" people, like politicians, etc (they get paid more than the normal $50 / hour btw). And the thing is, and I've barraged her with questions numerous times about this, all of them have "average, or below average intelligence", because, according to her, they can't even be bothered with different points of view at that level. They can't even begin to think about "what other people think". In those kinds of positions you just have to push ***** forward, bull-headed, because apparently that's what we all desire.
Yay? - williamdyer, on 10/12/2007, -4/+24Israel isn't our problem. Israel has ***** up their own situation and it is not our job to fix that.
- OBKenobi, on 10/12/2007, -2/+22Curious George still trying to link Al Qaeda to Iraq:
[quote]PELLEY: The vice-president suggested there was a connection, not necessarily 9/11, but certainly to al-Qaeda.
BUSH: [Al Qaeda’s Abu Musab] al-Zarqawi was in Iraq. But rather than debating the past, let me get back to the question. [/quote]
No, let's debate the past, Mr. Tax Thief. Let's debate why Dick Cheney has falsely claimed a link between Al Qaeda and Saddam.
The fact is, YOU LIED US INTO THIS WAR, Mr. "President". - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+23"But, that number has been *roundly* discredited."
By who? Tony Snow? Because I haven't seen any authoritative source outside Fox News question their methodology and I noticed you didn't supply any links to support your statement. In fact, the reviews I read suggested that number was actually conservative because they didn't count any casualties that didn't have a death certificate. The actual number may be higher. Like this one:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/10/AR2006101001442.html
"The great majority of deaths were also substantiated by death certificates.
"We're very confident with the results," said Gilbert Burnham, a Johns Hopkins physician and epidemiologist.
A Defense Department spokesman did not comment directly on the estimate."
So standing on facts robs the left of any credibility, eh? What are you standing on? Besides shifting sand that is. The truth doesn't change because you don't like it. Let's see your proof. - trill13, on 10/12/2007, -6/+25Everyone should be very concerned that he's talking about Iran and the other middle eastern countries being a threat.
The country can't handle any more wars it can't win. - peritonlogon, on 10/12/2007, -5/+23@Ark7
Statistics and sampling with careful, well thought out methodology beat the other methods used any day of the week. The other "estimates" are simply based on news paper articles, as in, no obituary, not a death. There is not someone going around counting all of the dead bodies, it's not like voting.
If you have a credible refutation of this study, you should take it up with the scientists who produced or a peer reviewed journal, not simply make inaccurate claims on digg. - Futurepower, on 10/12/2007, -4/+22Source of the study that shows Cheney, Rumsfeld, and George W. Bush have killed more Iraqis than Saddam Hussein:
http://www.jhsph.edu/publichealthnews/press_releases/2006/burnham_iraq_2006.html
If Saddam Hussein can be convicted for killing Iraqis, will they be tried, also? - OBKenobi, on 10/12/2007, -7/+25[quote]Of course, everyone missed it when Dick Durbin, in the official Democrat response to Bush's speach[/quote]
Well ***** Dick Durbin too, how about that?
You think this is about partisan politics? This is about bringing the thieves in the White House to justice.
America needs to track down everyone responsible for theft of billions in US taxes, whether they are Republican, Democrat, or Iraqi, for starting this phony war under false pretenses, and for illegal spying on US citizens. We have more than enough cause to justify impeachment trials!
IMPEACH - mirunit, on 10/12/2007, -6/+23What would you have said?
wow..... - Spo8, on 10/12/2007, -5/+21How does he still manage to still say "nucular"? Now he's just being stubborn.
- gaoshan, on 10/12/2007, -5/+21Let me get this straight. If the U.S. leaves Iraq, Iran will nuke Israel?
What sort of ***** up logic is that and what does Israel have to do with the United States? I, for one, actually kind of dislike Israel. They seem to cause more than their share of trouble, they treat the Palestinians like crap, they drag the U.S. into trouble. Hell, if it weren't for Israel we would probably be on much better terms with much of the Middle East.
Let Israel fend for itself, just like any other country. If Iran and Israel have a beef, let them sort it out. If ***** gets out of hand, let the U.N. help sort it out. We don't owe Israel a thing and it's about time the U.S. quit acting like their butt boy. - Hazardc, on 10/12/2007, -10/+26Yeah, because we really gave a ***** about the iraqi civilians before saddam kicked out the weapon inspectors and wouldnt let them back in
you know
the ones there since the gulf war
that never found anything??? - Urusai, on 10/12/2007, -6/+21It's not nice to make fun of the retarded kid. Just take the gun out of his hand and give him a lollipop and everything will be OK.
- EXreaction, on 10/12/2007, -7/+22"PELLEY: What would you say right now in this interview to the Iranian president about the meddling in Iraq?
BUSH: I'd say, first of all, to him, "You've made terrible choices for your people. You've isolated your nation. You've taken a nation of proud and honorable people, and you've made your country the pariah of the world. You've threatened countries with nuclear weapons. You've said you want a nuclear weapon. You've defied international accord. And you're slowly but surely isolating yourself." And secondly, that "it's in your interest to have a unified nation on your border. It's in your interest that there be a flourishing democracy." And thirdly, you know, "If we catch your people inside the country harming US citizens or Iraqi citizens, you know, we will deal with them.""
I would probably say the same thing to Bush if I could speak to him(ignoring the "third"(where did he learn to count? There is more than 1 point in the "first" part) Nuclear weapons part, since we obviously have so many we don't need to even say anything to threaten a smaller country with our nukes). -
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