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Honey-talking Bill lacks George's guts and honour
Sunday Independent, Dublin (Ireland) ^ | June 27, 2004 | Mark Dooley

Posted on 6/27/2004, 10:59:33 PM by Murtyo

MOST of the crazies who called for George Bush's arrest this week believe we were safer when Bill Clinton was bedding interns in the Oval Office.

These political adolescents think the ex-president possessed qualities of leadership that are lost on his simple-minded successor. But those who seriously study the record will know it is actually George Bush who fits the description of a truly great leader.

Glancing through the ego-soaked pages of Clinton's new memoir - My Life, you would never guess that he abandoned reason and scruple by making statesmen out of people like Yasser Arafat and Gerry Adams, thereby destroying any hope for long-term peace in either Northern Ireland or the Middle East.

Bill Clinton, during his time in office, quite simply squandered America's moral authority that Ronald Reagan restored in the wake of Watergate and Vietnam.

He did so by vetoing intervention to stop the Rwandan genocide, refusing to stand up to Slobodan Milosevic until he had wasted most of Bosnia and Kosovo, and by abandoning countless innocent Somalis once the going got a little tough. Under his nose, Kim Jong Il restarted his nuclear programme, Saddam bored holes in the sanctions and expelled the arms inspectors from Iraq, while Al-Qaeda used the protection of the Taliban to take control of Afghanistan.

In response, Clinton bombed Iraq for the duration of his impeachment trial without United Nation approval. If it's war crimes the anti-war loons are concerned with they need first prosecute their darling Bill.

In contrast, George W Bush has rid the world of Saddam Hussein's regime and the vile Taliban - killers of 2.5 million innocent Muslims between them, thereby depriving Al-Qaeda of its sole state sponsor.

Thanks to the President's moral courage, Iraq has now the most ethnically diverse government and most liberal constitution in the Middle East.

The 400 towns that Saddam destroyed have now been rebuilt and all of the country's schools, hospitals, and universities have been refurbished and reopened.

Libya has been disarmed, North Korea and the Iranians are being forced to follow suit, and a worldwide underground nuclear network has been exposed and shut down.

Bill Clinton liked to honey up his speeches with talk of combating Aids, but as Bob Geldof rightly insists, it is actually George Bush who has done more to alleviate Africa's misery than any American president in history.

That combined with the fact that he has rejoined UNESCO and paid all of America's outstanding debts to the United Nations, makes George Bush's period in office one of the noblest on record.

Bill Clinton's eight years of dithering led to unmitigated disasters that could well have been avoided had he possessed even a smidgen of the current president's honour and grit.

It has taken George Bush less than four years to clean up his predecessor's mess and restore the moral balance.

And that is why calls for his arrest are as contemptible as they are stupid.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: aids; billclinton; georgewbush; mylife
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"It has taken George Bush less than four years to clean up his predecessor's mess and restore the moral balance. And that is why calls for his arrest are as contemptible as they are stupid." - great lines!!
1 posted on 6/27/2004, 10:59:34 PM by Murtyo
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those who seriously study the record will know it is actually George Bush who fits the description of a truly great leader.

Right on !!!

3 posted on 6/27/2004, 11:09:52 PM by Freee-dame
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To: Murtyo

Clinton was convicted for war crimes by Ramsey Clark's "world court".


4 posted on 6/27/2004, 11:11:31 PM by GoLightly
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To: Murtyo
It has taken George Bush less than four years to clean up his predecessor's mess and restore the moral balance. And that is why calls for his arrest are as contemptible as they are stupid." - great lines!!

Spoken like a real Irishman!
Just so everyone in America doesn't think that the few Irish anti-war protestors don't represent the entire nation any more than the few anti-war protestors do in America.

Semper Fi,
Kelly
5 posted on 6/27/2004, 11:12:54 PM by kellynla (U.S.M.C. 1/5 1st Mar Div. Nam 69&70 Semper Fi http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnkerry.com)
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To: Murtyo

WOW, thank you. My heart hurt all night last night because of the way the Irish treated my president. It's good to see that at least one Irishman gets it.


6 posted on 6/27/2004, 11:14:38 PM by McGavin999 (If Kerry can't deal with the "Republican Attack Machine" how is he going to deal with Al Qaeda)
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To: Murtyo

Hard to believe that this is coming out of Ireland! Erin go braugh!!


7 posted on 6/27/2004, 11:15:52 PM by Chi-townChief
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To: Murtyo

I'll no longer assume the Irish (South) are anti-Bush automatically.

Excellent post.


8 posted on 6/27/2004, 11:16:18 PM by datura (Battlefield justice is what our enemies deserve. If you win, you live. If you lose, you die.)
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To: Murtyo

I periodically visit the Comdr Donaldson website. We are approaching the 8th anniversary of the TWA 800 shoot down and one of the biggest terrorist coverups thanks to the Slickmeister. I wonder if, like Juanita Broderick, there is no mention in Xlintoon's "True Lies" (sorry Ahnold)


9 posted on 6/27/2004, 11:18:52 PM by Young Werther
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It's good to see that at least one Irishman gets it.

Can you imagine him at proper European dinner parties? He must get left alone at the dip tray.

10 posted on 6/27/2004, 11:21:11 PM by kezekiel
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To: Murtyo

Good article, but the phrase "ego-soaked pages" isn't the one I would use to describe clinton's literary masturbation.


11 posted on 6/27/2004, 11:24:18 PM by WorkingClassFilth (DEFUND THE CPB AND IT'S SPAWN: NPR, PBS & RADIO PACIFICA)
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To: Murtyo

Thanks for posting this. I had already accessed the Sunday Independent website and could not find any positive coverage, just a snide editorial by a Masters in Journalism professor.


12 posted on 6/27/2004, 11:24:20 PM by maica
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To: Murtyo

YOWSAA! Hurray for the Irish!

Thanks, Murtyo.


13 posted on 6/27/2004, 11:29:25 PM by kitkat ("The democrats would rather win the WH than the war." - Tom DeLay)
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***Good article, but the phrase "ego-soaked pages" isn't the one I would use to describe clinton's literary masturbation.***

LOL! Oh, I can't wait for my overeducated, liberal neighbor to ask me how I liked Clintoon's book. Thanks to you, my reply will be, "Wow! I've read that it's been called a 'literary master [sic] (pause) bation.'"


14 posted on 6/27/2004, 11:34:04 PM by kitkat ("The democrats would rather win the WH than the war." - Tom DeLay)
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To: Abbeville Conservative

Ping


15 posted on 6/28/2004, 12:01:34 AM by MarkeyD (<a href="http://www.johnkerry.com/about/">Three Paper Cuts and I'm Out</a>)
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To: Murtyo

Pints for everyone!


16 posted on 6/28/2004, 12:04:07 AM by DesertDreamer ("Anger is not an agenda for the future of America."~~President George W. Bush, 2/23/2004)
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"In contrast, George W Bush has rid the world of Saddam Hussein's regime and the vile Taliban - killers of 2.5 million innocent Muslims between them, thereby depriving Al-Qaeda of its sole state sponsor.

Thanks to the President's moral courage, Iraq has now the most ethnically diverse government and most liberal constitution in the Middle East.

The 400 towns that Saddam destroyed have now been rebuilt and all of the country's schools, hospitals, and universities have been refurbished and reopened.

Libya has been disarmed, North Korea and the Iranians are being forced to follow suit, and a worldwide underground nuclear network has been exposed and shut down."


A succinct summary of our President's incredible accomplishments in only 3 1/2 years in office -- and for this he is savaged daily by our treasonous media-entertainment-education cabal!!!!


17 posted on 6/28/2004, 12:04:18 AM by DrDeb
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Guess we'll have to wait until the Winter Olympics are held in Hades before we ever see something like this in the lamestream press.


18 posted on 6/28/2004, 12:11:04 AM by pierrem15
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To: Murtyo

BTTT


19 posted on 6/28/2004, 12:11:43 AM by Right_in_Virginia
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"Guess we'll have to wait until the Winter Olympics are held in Hades before we ever see something like this in the lamestream press."


Then we both agree, the "lamestreamm" press will NEVER publish an article that praises President Bush!
20 posted on 6/28/2004, 12:23:30 AM by DrDeb
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