Bush to World: Drop Dead!

SLATE! ^ | 09/23/03 | Fred Kaplan

[Cobra64]

The USA is doing about 91% of the heavy lifting. Given that, I'd send the same message that President Bush did on USA real estate; (Harrison Ford's line in the Air Force One movie, "get off my plane.") Furthermore, if the marxist, commie, socialists sitting on their big fat asses with their limos illegally parked on US soil, I'd tell 'em to clear the building. Red Adair is in town, and ready to implode the UN East Side Office.

I'll tell y'all FReepers, I'd love to be "W for a day." I'd clean so many clocks that the Swiss would go into a quagmire.

[Poser]

If Fred Kaplan hated the speech, it must have been excellent.

[dead]

Bush to World: Drop Dead!

I wish Bush had been that blunt - less chance that his essential message could be diluted during its translation into French, German, Russian, or Chinese.

Hopefully the monkey boys understood it anyway. I mean, if it penetrated the 95%-bone head of Fred Kaplan, nobody else has a viable excuse for misunderstanding it.

[CaptRon]

bafflingly impertinent

To be impertinent, would that imply that the UN is somehow superior to us?

[BobFromNJ]

Bush did the right thing at the right rime!! Kaplan is just one more out-of-touch liberal-commie jerk in out great land!! BRAVO BUSH!!

[ChadGore]

Freedom loving people to SLATE: Drop Dead!

[Onelifetogive]

Here were the world's foreign ministers and heads of state, anxiously awaiting some sign of an American concession to realism...

Awwwwwww!

You mean Bush didn't grovel to the UN begging their forgiveness for defending the freedom of the world? If "Slate" didn't like Bush's speech, I must have!

[Alas Babylon!]

"...ignoring a recent finding of the U.S. intelligence community that the main, and most rapidly growing, threat these days comes from ordinary Iraqis, resentful of the occupation. "

Wow! This is news to me and probably everyone on this web site. I'd like to see a reference before I take his word for it. Recent articles have pointed out the various successes in Iraq and they've even had articles about DEMOCRATIC congressmen going to Iraq and seeing with their own eyes how well things are going for the average Iraqi Schmoe and our troops. But then, if Kaplan knows US Intelligence better than the President that means either A) he's a liar or b) the President is OR C) Dubya and staff are too stupid to draw the right conclusions OR D) this is just crap.

My vote goes to A & D.

[abner]

Otherwise, Bush's message can be summarized as follows: The U.S.-led occupation authority is doing good work in Iraq; you should come help us; if you don't, you're on the side of the terrorists.

That summed it up for me too. Wow, Bush doesn't make things fuzzy... I love it!

[Petronski]

Slate hates it, it must have been a great speech.

[Onelifetogive]

Bush to World: Drop Dead!

And the horse the world rode in on!!!

[Woahhs]

Think we found one of Ann Coulter's "traitors?"

[Lexington Green]

Kaplan's allegiance to the UN trumps his allegiance to the US.

[BibChr]

Dang!

A pro-American American President!

Don't you just hate that?

Dan

PS -- well, me neither... but THIS guy clearly does.

[Cobra64]

Bush is absolutely right on this point, which is why he needs to get over his hang-ups about France, the Security Council, and the diplomatic disasters of last November, and to get serious about working out a common solution to the much bigger disaster that looms in Iraq. His speech could, and should, have signaled a new opening. Instead, it seemed to close off every option.

No. He embarassed these morons in the UN. 70% of them represent dictatorial governments. I doubt that Kofi can figure out what a unrinal is. If I were a house plant in the corner, on a corridor, I'd be very wary.

[Arkie2]

If Slate is P O'd it must have been a good speech.

[arasina]

Note to Kaplan: The UN didn't lead, now it must follow.
Our troops + our money + our risk = our command.

Perfect and so sensible!

[San Jacinto]

Otherwise, Bush's message can be summarized as follows: The U.S.-led occupation authority is doing good work in Iraq; you should come help us; if you don't, you're on the side of the terrorists.

Wow! Did he really say that? What did Chirac do? Way to go Mr. Prez!

[Tallguy]

What is Kaplan going to say when Bush gets his UN resolution and Muslim troops start patrolling the streets of Tikrit? It's going to happen, it's a done-deal. The French are signalling that they aren't going to veto the next resolution and several countries have already pledged troops, contingent upon a UN resolution.

US Troops, except for SpecOps, will gradually withdraw to bases located outside the Iraqi cities. That should cut casualties and everybody should be happy -- except Kaplan that is.

[stylin19a]

... Bush's message can be summarized as follows: The U.S.-led occupation authority is doing good work in Iraq; you should come help us; if you don't, you're on the side of the terrorists.

ok...so what's your point ?