It's incredible how bland politicians sound when they're yapping about anything, but particularly in the case of Iraq. Here's a sample taken from today alone:
Bahrham Saleh, Iraq's Deputy PM: "Failure is not an option" (unless you get Rummy involved in the planning, in which case it's COMPULSORY)
Margaret Beckett, British Foreign Minister: "We need to keep our nerve. We need to get Iraq back on its feet. We need to establish greater stability" (You need to piss off until you have something useful to say instead of the blindingly obvious)
Tony Blair, twat: it's hard to know where to start with this goon, but today he said Britain would "hold its nerve" (I'm sure that's steadied a few nerves. Thanks, Tone. We trust you. Really.)
Des Browne, British Defence Secretary: "out when the job is done" (oooh, a nice little variation on "stay the course" as coined by Karl Rove. What job is that, anyway?)
Don't even go there with Bush, Cheney or Rumsfeld. Actually on second thought, please do. I'd love to hear the ones you like best.
Contrast this from Sir Menzies Campbell, leader of the Liberal Democrats in the UK: "If we are to salvage anything from Iraq the essential first step is an admission from the prime minister and President Bush that they got it wrong" (Absolutely. It's a shame they've got their heads stuck so far up their arses they'll never have the humility to acknowledge their humiliation)
Ushuaia Dec 10 - 14
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I particularly like this Bushism (I quote from an article found at http://mediamatters.org/items/200608210004):-
'During an August 21 press conference, President Bush faced a question regarding whether he is -- as The New York Times recently reported -- "frustrated" by news from Iraq and the lack of gratitude among the Iraqi people. Bush responded, "Frustrated? Sometimes I'm frustrated. Rarely surprised. Sometimes I'm happy. You know, this is -- but war is not a time of joy. These aren't joyous times. These are challenging times."
Erm. "SOMETIMES I'M HAPPY" ?????
"You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror."
"I would guess, I would surmise that some of the more spectacular bombings are done by al Qaeda suiciders"
"The United States of America is engaged in a war against an extremist group of folks"
"Trying to stop suiciders -- which we're doing a pretty good job of on occasion -- is difficult to do. And what the Iraqis are going to have to eventually do is convince those who are conducting suiciders who are not inspired by Al Qaeda, for example, to realize there's a peaceful tomorrow"
"After the bombing, most Iraqis saw what the perpetuators of this attack were trying to do."
What a gaylord.
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