[Incandesia]

"The Elders"??
Pretentious Bastards. I wonder who they'll get to design their flowing robes and diadems?

[Mister Baredog]

I seriesly doubt that Saddam sitting in some posh santuary with $billions would be content not to make major mischief, no thanks, the trial somehow seems much more appropriate, IMNSHO.

[dAnconia]

"Kofi Annan was initially cautious about the idea and was worried Mandela would be taken hostage by Saddam. "


What? I thought Kofi was sure of Saddam's innocence.
Why would he think that!?

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

Somebody needs to send this Branson twit a copy of Laura Ingraham's 'Shut Up And Sing' part II: Just Shut Up and Sell Music and Plane Tickets.

This do-gooder is blaming us for interfering with his Jimmy Carteresqe private escapade that would have put him in a glowing position to defeat Tony Blair next year.....

He needs to read "Failure of a Mission" by his fellow Brit Neville Chamberlain. And then he needs to get out of politics. But he won't.

I say we Abstain from buying anything Virgin!

[COEXERJ145]

Branson needs to stick to what he does best, running Virgin Atlantic and spending millions in publicity stunts.

[crazyhorse691]

Malarkey and turkey droppings. Just more talk about knowing the future. Sadaam is no longer in power and the Islamofascists are getting their tails corkscrewed. Now thats a future I can live with.

[M Kehoe]

Who was it that said, "hydrogen and stupidity are the two most abundant elements in the universe?"

5.56mm

[GSlob]

"You shouldn't have to maim or kill 200,000 people to get rid of one individual."
If one tries to get rid of THE WAY OF LIFE, as personified and symbolized by one individual, then 200,000 might be woefully inadequate.

[gridlock]

If Saddam had flown, he would have left the structure of his oppressive Baathist regime in place. We are having a hard enough time dealing with the remnants after they have been crushed.

With Saddam removed, it would have been "New Tyrant, just like the Old Tyrant", only with closer ties to Syria and able to renege on former commitments.

[Uri’el-2012]

Nelson Mandela is a self proclaimed Marxist.

 

Richard Branson is either a fellow Marxist

or another useful idiot in support of

International Marxism.

[God luvs America]

Branson said: "Mandela wanted us to get Kofi Annan's blessing, which we got."

Shows the ineptitude of the UN when they must rely on a rich business man and political prisoner to do their job. Utterly pathetic!

[coffee260]

What do you know? No America bashing. I was amazed to read the whole column and not find out that America "The Great Satan" wasn't blamed.

[lolhelp]

Need to put all three of them on a plane together and then shoot it down!!

[garyhope]

Hubris, narcissism, arrogance, smugness. Another child of the 60's distorted sense of their reality.

No more Branson or Vigin anything for me.

[AmishDude]

Even Richard Branson couldn't match the Oil for Food money.

[dc-zoo]

Just give Branson some time and he'll fall off one of his dumbass balloons and put himself out of our misery.

[KwasiOwusu]

Richard Branson?
Is he not the same guy who was caught in a very sleazy, very tawdry, disgusting wife swapping incident , involving him and his first wife, which brought great embarrassment to everyone involved?
And this English sleaze ball want to lecture President Bush on morality?
He is beyond contempt!

[KosmicKitty]

Possible idea for a new reality show??

"The Elders" starring the rebel billionaire, Richard Branson. Watch each week as Sir Richard Branson and his team plot to get yet another ruthless, murdering dictator, choosen at random, to go into exile.

In this week's episode, The Elders team, led by Branson and sidekick Nelson Mandela, try to get Fidel Castro to leaver Cuba and go into exile on the Isle of Elba. Next week, watch the nobel peace prize winning team go after North Korea's Kim Jong Il. Rumored special appeareance by James Earl "Jimmah" Carter.

Premier episode on FOX Sunday, immediately following "My Big Fat Obnixious Boss". Check TV guide for local times.

[EDINVA]

anything about Uday or Quasay going with them? Or Chemical Ali ? were they only going to get rid of ONE person and think the entire regime would start singing kumbaya ?

[xm177e2]

The invasion has inspired him to set up a group of non-political figures called the Elders to help avert future conflicts.

He added: "It's in its infancy but Mandela has agreed to be the founding father."

Nelson Mandela is a non-political figure? That's odd, because I associate him with certain political stuggles with which he has associated himself (and at times, led).