Ecuador president tells Bush to send troops or 'shut your mouth'

AP ^ | 14 Mar 2008 | AP

[BGHater]

Ecuador's president is challenging U.S. President George W. Bush to send troops to the Andean nation's border with Colombia "or shut your mouth" about Rafael Correa made the comments late Thursday in angry response to Bush's strong support for Colombia after it raided a rebel camp on Ecuadorean soil on March 1 — an act that Correa denounced as an attack on his country's sovereignty.

"Bring your soldiers Mr. Bush," Correa said during a heated speech late Thursday. "Let it be your soldiers who die along the southern border with Colombia. We'll see if the Americans, the citizens of the United States will accept tremendous atrocity.

"If not, shut your mouth and understand what is happening in Latin America."

Ecuador has repeatedly said it is the victim of a spillover of violence from Colombia's long armed conflict. Colombian officials complain that Ecuador hasn't done enough to keep rebels from hiding in its territory.

[toddlintown]

Kill all of them and Obama sort it out next year.

[The_Republican]

Yeah, wtf is exactly happenning in Latin America?

[DainBramage]

I agree ... if we cant help end the problems in countries around us these people will forever want what you and i have... freedom and security.

Start in South America, then Iran. Let the world f'ing know...we have waited too long...we will come and get you.

[kingu]

Sounds like a deal to me - Let’s go build ourselves a nice big base in the mountains.

[EscapedDutch]

How about we send this instead: JP

[LasVegasMac]

Yeah, wtf is exactly happenning in Latin America?

Does seem to be quite the dust-up in those parts recently, eh?

As long as Juan is ok and still pickin' dem beans.....

j/k

[I see my hands]

"Let it be your soldiers who die.. If not, shut your mouth"

Only two options? C'mon, be a sport. And don't be so cross or we might have to dope punch you until you're silly.

[farmer18th]

The rate of release on that photo is startling. You would think as fast as that thing is flying, the bombs would trail off behind the jet. I guess the bombs retain their horizontal component of motion for a time as they fall? I know you didn’t want a physics question, but it’s interesting nonetheless.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

"Bring your soldiers Mr. Bush," Correa said during a heated speech late Thursday. "Let it be your soldiers who die along the southern border with Colombia. We'll see if the Americans, the citizens of the United States will accept tremendous atrocity.

"If not, shut your mouth and understand what is happening in Latin America."

Apparently much of Latin America is governed by loud-mouthed clowns.

[CindyDawg]

They know that he’s leaving and aren’t afraid of any of his potential candidates. They believe IMO that he won’t do anything this late in the game. Kind of like taunting a tiger.

[LasVegasMac]

You would think as fast as that thing is flying...

It may be cool looking and invisible but it is certainly not fast.

300-400 knots, my guess. They do have to be careful about what speed they open the doors...otherwise there won't be any doors left to close.

[The_Republican]

They better be afraid of McCain.......he ain’t no (synonym for cat).

[tgusa]

Inter-bomb intervalometers were usually set in milliseconds. Not sure about B-2, though.

[ilgipper]

This is the result of a portion of our country, including the media treating our twice-elected President with such disrespect for the past eight years. Clinton acted like a buffoon in office and was ethically challenged, but he was still treated with the respect due to the office. Regardless of peoples’ opinions about this President, they have completely debased the office for future inhabitants.

[carton253]

The last time someone taunted a tiger... it climbed over the wall and ate them. (Good for the tiger!)

[kb2614]

LOL!! Great pic!!

Yeah, thats what I was thinking. Its not like we actually need troops to take out Ecuador.

[Moonman62]

"Bring your soldiers Mr. Bush," Correa said during a heated speech late Thursday.

I guess he doesn't remember what happened to Noriega.

[Richard Kimball]

Yeah, wtf is exactly happening in Latin America?

The same thing that's happening in the middle east, but without press coverage. And we already have troops down there.

[Levante]

I’m sure the headline gives AP big wood.

Correa is a little punk bitch, like his idol, Yugo Chavez.