krs
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posted on October 19, 2001 03:09:08 AM new
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush
(news - web sites) said in an interview released
on Wednesday that he envisioned the U.S.-led
war on terrorism lasting more than two years
and being fought in multiple theaters.
``People are going to get tired of the war on
terrorism,'' Bush said in the interview with Asian
news organizations. ``And by the way, it may
take more than two years ... I envision
something longer than that,'' he said.
``There's a variety of theaters. So long as anybody's terrorizing
established governments, there needs to be a war,''
Text of translation --http://freedomofpress.tripod.com/bush1.html
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NearTheSea
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posted on October 19, 2001 07:31:39 AM new
By The Disassociated Press
Text of President Bush’s news conference Thursday night in the East Room of the White House, as translated from the Orwellian by ATerribleThingtoWaste, Inc.:
BUSH: Good evening. I would like to report to the American people on the state of our so-called war against so-called terror, and then I’ll be happy to take puffball questions from the White House lapdogs
http://freedomofpress.tripod.com/bush1.html
It took you till 3 in the morning to find this one? 
But it did not mention lasting until the next election, as your thread subject suggests 
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krs
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posted on October 19, 2001 07:44:03 AM new
I didn't say that the link has anything to do with the news, eh. 
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NearTheSea
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posted on October 19, 2001 07:46:24 AM new
eh, you put the link saying 'text of translation' eh
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krs
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posted on October 19, 2001 07:52:45 AM new
Well yeah, that's what it is, eh.
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NearTheSea
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posted on October 19, 2001 08:10:57 AM new
no its not, eh
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Hjw
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posted on October 19, 2001 08:12:57 AM new
Nearthesea
You can be proud that he didn't fool you. LoL
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NearTheSea
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posted on October 19, 2001 08:14:20 AM new
he could never fool me 
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krs
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posted on October 19, 2001 08:18:09 AM new
No. Never.
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Hjw
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posted on October 19, 2001 08:22:31 AM new
I thought every line of this "newsrelease" illustrates the pure evil that is at work in the white house right now.
Laura found out about it first...hahaha
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BUSH: We learned a good lesson on Sept. 11, that there is evil in this world, although Laura claims she had already known about it.
"Our war on terrorism has nothing to do with differences in faith. It has everything to do with people of all faiths coming together to condemn hate and evil and murder and prejudice, at the same time our armies move forward to protect the hundreds of trillions of cubic feet of natural gas and billions of barrels of oil, newly obtained by Chevron. We must, above all else, provide access to those fields and secure them"
Underlying the humor is so much frightening truth...about the starving orphans...
"Many children there are starving and are severely malnourished. One in three Afghan children is an orphan, and, after today’s bombing that ratio may become worse, almost half suffer chronic malnutrition, and we can and must help them."
"Winter is coming, and by acting today we can help the ones who survive our bombs."
What an evil monster!
Helen
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uaru
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posted on October 19, 2001 08:36:47 AM new
hjw thought every line of this "newsrelease" illustrates the pure evil that is at work in the white house right now.
Lets see, you rationalize the attack of the terrorists, and you think we have an evil monster in the whitehouse?
Sometimes this AW forum really impresses me, I feel like it is able to be accessed from different universes. Remember the "Bizarro World" in the superman comics?
I'm debating on whether or not hjw has surpassed her other brilliant observation where she said she feared the police more than criminals.
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NearTheSea
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posted on October 19, 2001 08:50:48 AM new
Interesting observation uaru
On O'Reilly (yes I watch Fox ) was interviewing a writer who wrote something up in a paper about how Bush should not be calling the Terrorist 'evil' or 'evildoers'.
He was trying to rationalize why the Terrorist did this.
And we should not call the terrorist 'evildoers', as it is not politically correct.
Many children are starving there hjw, how is it we so easily forget children were killed on Sept 11? Innocent children who were given no warning.
The U.S. and Bush gave Afghanistan plenty of warning, about 3 weeks worth of it.
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donny
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posted on October 19, 2001 10:03:57 AM new
"Many children are starving there hjw, how is it we so easily forget children were killed on Sept 11? Innocent children who were given no warning."
I don't understand the reasoning behind this, but I think it's the same sort of reasoning that's going on when people refer to our killed civilians Sept 11th vs. the possibility of us killing Afghanistani civilians.
Dead Sept. 11th children are not the same as starving Afghanistani children. Not because one set is American and the other Afghani, but because one set is dead, and the other alive. Same with our other Sept 11th civilians and Afghani civilians.
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NearTheSea
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posted on October 19, 2001 10:16:32 AM new
No, American children and adults who are dead now, and the now orphans, widows and widowers from Sept. 11th , are not the same as the starving children in Afghanistan. Sorry, my mistake.
Their parents or parent are probably starving too. The Taliban followers might be starving too, and bin Laden may be getting cold in his cave and need blankets.
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Hjw
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posted on October 19, 2001 11:04:55 AM new
uaru and Nearthesea
You two never fail to amaze me.LoLoLoL
Rest your heads for awhile and I will come up with another thought for you to screw up.
Helen
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kraftdinner
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posted on October 19, 2001 11:10:18 AM new
And here I thought krs & Near were practising to become Canadian....
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uaru
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posted on October 19, 2001 11:13:19 AM new
hjw Rest your heads for awhile and I will come up with another thought for you to screw up
Dear LoLoL,
I look forward to your next brainstorm with great anticipation.
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Hjw
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posted on October 19, 2001 11:28:34 AM new
Uaru
Lets see, you rationalize the attack of the terrorists, and you think we have an evil monster in the white house?
Where did I mention the attack of the terrorists?
I read it over and over and it's just not there.
Where do you come up with such ideas?
Helen
Nearthesea
You think it's interesting???
I find your little comments so deep and profound that my little brain is all in a dither just trying to understand. Hahaha!!!
Helen
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Hjw
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posted on October 19, 2001 11:37:14 AM new
Nearthesea
Can you understand that it is possible to be aware that an unfortunate attack of terrorism happened in New York and Washington DC and at the same time feel sorry for orphans in Afghanistan at the same time?
Please tell me that you can understand that.
Helen
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uaru
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posted on October 19, 2001 11:44:24 AM new
hjw Where did I mention the attack of the terrorists? I read it over and over and it's just not there.
Dear Hahaha!!!,
No it isn't. Excellent job of reading your post. Neither is the comment about you fearing the police more than the criminals in this post. Maybe I was linking your thoughts (such as they are) from others posts to find amusement in your "Bizarro World" views.
I look forward to your next brainstorm with great anticipation.
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Hjw
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posted on October 19, 2001 11:49:46 AM new
uaru
I will accept that as an admission that you quoted me wrong in this case.
Please read more carefully next time.
Helen
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uaru
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posted on October 19, 2001 11:54:14 AM new
hjw I will accept that as an admission that you quoted me wrong in this case.
Helen,
And I in turn will accept this as a admission you are clueless as to what I was saying.
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Hjw
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posted on October 19, 2001 12:01:14 PM new
uaru
I made a comment several months ago stating , "I fear police officers more than criminals." It was an exaggeration and mostly for your benefit. Maybe, I'll make it my signature so that you will not have to mention it whenever you address me.
I think that it's unfair harrassment when you continue to misquote me as you did today, inferring that I have no sympathy for the victims of the terrorist attack and at the same time bringing up a remark that I made several months ago.
I am not harassing you. Why should you continue to harass me?
It's unfair, uaru and a cheap shot.
Helen
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SmittyAW
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posted on October 19, 2001 12:10:44 PM new
Everyone..
Stick to the topic of this thread. Remember you can always use your ignore button if certain posters bother you. I do not want to lock this thread so return to the topic.
Smitty
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Hjw
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posted on October 19, 2001 12:11:35 PM new
uaru
"hjw I will accept that as an admission that you quoted me wrong in this case. Helen,
And I in turn will accept this as a admission you are clueless as to what I was saying."
uaru
What is your difficulty in communicating?
You admit that you misquoted my remark and then you tell me that I am clueless. You are absolutely right that neither I or anyone else here has a clue to the meaning of that remark.
You don't need to worry about moderation. I don't tattle to moderators so you may say whatever is on your mind to me and I will try to straighten it out.
Helen
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SmittyAW
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posted on October 19, 2001 12:14:14 PM new
Hjw..
Return to the thread topic. This thread is becoming disruptive and argumentative.. Do not put your posting privileges in jeopardy.
Smitty
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uaru
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posted on October 19, 2001 12:37:36 PM new
hjw think that it's unfair harrassment when you continue to misquote me as you did today, inferring that I have no sympathy for the victims of the terrorist attack and at the same time bringing up a remark that I made several months ago.
I was not inferring that you had no sympathy for the victims of the terrorist. I was inferring you had rationalized the acts of the terrorists because of the shameful acts of the US in the middle east (please don't make me find the posts and quote you).
You excuse the terrorists, but you paint Bush as an "evil monster." I see you don't like my challenge of your comments, but that's how it works on a forum at times.
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SmittyAW
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posted on October 19, 2001 12:47:43 PM new
uaru..
Return to the topic of this thread in order to protect your posting privileges.
Smitty
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Hjw
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posted on October 19, 2001 01:01:18 PM new
Back to the thread topic
an excerpt from the referenced article at the beginning of the thread.
Q: Yes, Mr. President. Thank you. You’ve been careful to avoid saying how long the military strikes in Afghanistan might take place. But can you promise to say how long American—can you avoid being drawn into a Vietnam-like quagmire in Afghanistan?
BUSH: We learned some very important lessons in Vietnam. Perhaps the most important lesson that I learned was to personally stay clear of it. The other lesson is that you cannot win a war against a united people merely by killing 3 million of them and making their land a living hell. That is why it is so important to increase our military spending.
As far as the use of conventional forces, we’ve got a clear plan, and it’s to say to the host government that, "You have been given your chance." Then we bomb the living s--- out of them on CNN.
BTW I have never used the word "shameful on the RT forum.
Helen
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posted on October 19, 2001 01:17:35 PM new
Well gosh you leave for awhile and see what happens?
I never said you cannot have sympathy for the victim in the U.S. and the same time have sympathy for the starving children in Afghanistan
I'm just sick of the people who b!tch about us dropping aid to the people, while we bomb their country. If you look back, the U.S. is always given humanitarian aid for countries that they have had been in conflict with.
The excerpt from the article you just quoted was a parody and I know you know that
And I thank you for thinking me so deep and profound for you, that your little brain is in such a dither........ thats so cute hjw!
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