"The United States has plenty of reason to be concerned" that Cuba has given such technology -- which could be used to develop weapons of mass destruction -- to nations hostile to the United States, said Ari Fleischer, White House press secretary."
But when pressed on whether the administration had any "hard evidence" that countries are using Cuban biotechnology to develop biological weapons, Fleischer said, "Nobody in the government said hard evidence. We said we have concerns."
The very same "concerns" with the "Axis of Evil" and "Terrorists"?
posted on May 15, 2002 09:09:57 AM new
After the Republicans reduce every other country(even England's Tony Blair has a tendency not to agree with Bush sometimes) to smoking piles of rubble, where will they turn next to satisfy their bloodlust?
There are only 10 types of people in the world
Those who understand binary and those who don't
posted on May 15, 2002 10:07:24 AM new
I do wish the party leaders could convince Bush he needs to not make any public comments before his "image consultants" and speach writers have a chance to work their magic!!!
I saw a little clip where he said something to the effect he didn't have any use for Castro.
He has a right to that opinion, but if he were a polished politician, he'd know better than to say something like that off the cuff....
In the world of diplomacy, one must weigh every word before speaking it...a foolishly spoken word can have dire consequences in the world arena.
posted on May 15, 2002 03:44:26 PM new The Axis of Nonsense, Andrew Murray
Exerpt...
Washington's war is going à la carte. Each passing week is placing both new targets and new justifications for attack on the menu for military action. There is now not the slightest pretence that the scope of the US's regime-change wishlist is in any way tethered to the attacks of September 11. Instead, the world is witnessing the rapid emergence of a plan to dispose of any government hateful to the sight of US ultra-conservatism.
First there was the Taliban. Beyond them lay the improbable axis of evil - at the apex of which is Iraq, clearly still the next target for the unilateral attentions of the Pentagon. Now the administration's planning has moved "beyond the axis of evil", in the words of John Bolton, one of the creatures of the night occupying sub-cabinet rank in the Bush regime. The under- secretary of state identified Syria, Libya and, above all, Cuba as states that needed to come round to Washington's view of the world before Washington comes round to them, guns blazing.
The rationale behind the Bolton addendum to the axis - threadbare is perhaps too kind a word for it - is that the latest "rogue" trio are preparing to threaten the US with weapons of mass destruction. It is therefore paradoxical that Mr Bolton's boss, Secretary of State Colin Powell, was at almost the same time asserting that weapons of mass destruction were no longer really here nor there. When it comes to removing Saddam Hussein from power, Powell said, the issue of weapons inspection was now to be considered "separate and distinct and different" from the need for "regime change".
posted on May 15, 2002 06:14:35 PM new
A later comment -
"Even governments and peoples who may admire the US economic and political system increasingly fear the brazen lawlessness of
this administration, and worry at the implications of the endless war,-"
posted on May 15, 2002 09:37:39 PM new"But not all. Bush is still getting a spectacular rating in the public opinion polls."
An interesting point that I'm glad that you brought up, KatyD. Those polls are not at all like the polls taken when Clinton was being persecuted by the Right-wing. Back then, it showed support for the President or basically anyone who's ever been on the receiving end from bullies. That's the similarity.
The difference is that polls that reflect support of the President during a time of War does NOT automatically translate to how well voters like the job being done by Bush or is in any way a measure of how he would fare in another Presidential Election if it were held at the moment. No, a poll that reflects what possible percentage of Americans patriotically support the Office of the President in time of War is all that it says that it is and no other inferance shold be made from it (not saying that you did, KatyD).
posted on May 15, 2002 09:49:16 PM new"The physical consequences of cocaine use are extreme and highly dangerous. Cocaine use can cause headaches, exhaustion, shaking, blurred vision, nausea, impaired judgment, hyperactivity, loss of appetite, loss of sexual desire, and paranoia that can lead to violence.
Hasn't it occured to anybody that Bush is acting out the symptoms of cocain use? Cocain use leads to mental problems along with physical problems. The problem with cocain use is that the psychological changes often become permanent even with addicts, such as Bush, who is reported to have quit its use a while back. If you've ever known someone who's been doing cocain a while, you'll know what I mean.
UBB
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