Posted on 09/20/2006 8:04:06 AM PDT by jackv
September 20, 2006 -- President Bush's address to the U.N. General Assembly yesterday wasn't just a speech to a gathering of diplomats, but a clear challenge to the people of the Middle East to rise up, embrace the U.S.-led drive toward democratization and secure their rights to freedom and prosperity. Bush didn't voice it out loud, but it was clear what he was suggesting: revolution.
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"I love that he went directly to the people, telling them that their governments' propaganda is FALSE!!"
A page out of Ronald Reagan's book. Axis of Evil = Evil Empire.
ping
Bush takes on the Middle East....Clinton took on School Uniforms.
Takes on the Middle East?
"The real surprise of the day, however, was President George W. Bush. Last year at this time the president issued a list of reforms he expected from the U.N. in the near future: a new human-rights body which didn’t count abusers among its members, a comprehensive treaty against terrorism, meaningful institutional reforms in the area of oversight, accountability, efficiency. Not one of those demands has been met, but instead of issuing a failing grade, the president said nothing at all about U.N. reform. On Iran, the most he could muster was “Iran must abandon its nuclear-weapons ambitions.” No talk of sanctions. No mention of consequences for Iran’s obvious refusal to abandon those ambitions. On Hamas he said “the world is waiting to see whether the Hamas government will…pursue an extremist agenda.” Waiting to see? Just how many rocket attacks, kidnappings, speeches inciting racial hatred and violence, or murders does it take be an extremist? And on the Palestinian-Israeli front he said “the Palestinian people have suffered from…the daily humiliation of occupation” — the exact language of…yes, Kofi Annan". Anne Bayefsky is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute
riiiiiiiight....He has not taken on the middle east...riiiiight. Bush has just skipped thru his presidency doing nothing....just like Clinton.....riiiiight.
"That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness." - Declaration of Independence
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060919-4.html
The speech (above) is powerful. Given to an audience of freedom loving individuals, it demands a standing ovation(s). Kofi Anan received such an ovation just before President Bush spoke. It says much about the UN that President Bush's words did not receive one.
I think that this could work out well for the long-term, but we have to be prepared for things to get worse in the short-term. Many of these countries, if they went democratic, would elect a Muslim theocratic government. This would stay in power by repressive means, like the Iraninan mullahs, and it might take a very long time for good government to take hold.
So true but the first revolution should happen HERE FIRST...
We have the best federal government money can buy..
Bush is "pointing over there" where its HERE that the revolution should happen.. Maybe THEN TREASON would again become ILLEGAL.. and sedition frowned upon.. and BIG Government republican would again become an oxymoron..
Not one of those demands has been met, but instead of issuing a failing grade, the president said nothing at all about U.N. reform.
At this point, talk of reforming the UN is about as relevant as strapping a new saddle on Secretariat (the horse, not Kofi.)
The UN has a pretty podium for speeches. That’s about the extent of it’s usefulness.
You say you want a revolution?
So why aren't the Usual Revolutionaries behind this, eh?
GO BUSH!
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