Bush Meets Hussein Victims; Vows U.S. Will Finish Job in Iraq

[sabra]

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aZTL43QX4yuQ&refer=us

Bush Meets Hussein Victims; Vows U.S. Will Finish Job in Iraq

Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush met with about a dozen Iraqis who witnessed brutality under Saddam Hussein's regime to praise their courage and repeat his vow that the U.S. is committed helping them build democracy.

Bush, who meet with the Iraqis at the White House today, said the U.S. would ``stand with the Iraqi people'' until the country can defend itself and isn't a safe haven for terrorists.

``Obviously, we've still got work to do and we intend to do it,'' Bush said to reporters following the meeting. He didn't take questions.

Bush called the past year in Iraq ``amazing'' because of the three elections held the writing of a constitution. He said he talked with the victims about the contrast ``between a society which was willing to jail people, torture people and beat people and kill people, to a society beginning to understand the fruits of democracy and freedom.''

[pinniped]

1. * is too chicken shit to meet with the victims of his personal...

reign of terror.

Uh huh, and a couple weeks ago this piece of shit said there's to be no more money for rebuilding the country he destroyed.

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*, who meet with the Iraqis at the White House today, said the U.S. would ``stand with the Iraqi people'' until the country can defend itself and isn't a safe haven for terrorists.--

Oh, I see, the asshole met some pre-screened Iraqis at the WH and not some regular dudes on the street in Iraq.

[noahmijo]

2. Once again the age old question: WHAT THE HELL IS..

'FINISHING THE MISSION"


Or

"COMPLETING THE MISSION"

?????


Oh when a democracy is built? oh yea two groups which have been at war with eachother for almost a century (you know how the Shia were once called Zorathians till the Arabs took them over) are all of a sudden gonna join hands after a foreign nation bombs the shit outta them.


What's that asshole? the Iraqis are basically free from a nation whose ruler imprisoned, tortured, beat and killed the peoples within the nation?



I-R-O-N-Y DEFINED.

[Lerkfish]

3. finish the job of treating them brutally? now THAT I'll buy.

[Brotherjohn]

6. That's what I thought. nt

[The Magistrate]

4. That Last Quote, Sir

Reminds me of the old East Bloc jest: "Capitalism is the exploitation of man by man. Socialism is just the opposite."

We are even using the same jails, and the conduct of out jailors is aimed to precisely the same end: instilling fear of our authority in the people at large.

[sabra]

7. Snotty response: "I reject that whole heartedly" :-)

[The Magistrate]

9. Well, Sir

"I have seen evil! I have seen horror! I have seen the unholy maggots that feast in the dark recesses of the human soul! But till now, officer, I have not seen YOU!"

[AtTheEndOfTheDay]

30. Socialism is the man by man of exploitation?

[Hell Hath No Fury]

5. Hmm, let' see....

Hussein kidnapped family members of his Iraqi oppposition.
George Bush? Yup, check, has done the same thing...

Hussein used rape as a weapon against Iraqis.
George Bush? Check...

Hussein tortured political prisoners and held them without charges.
George Bush? Check...

Hussein murdered innocent Iraqis.
George Bush? Check...

Hussein invaded a sovereign nation against international opposition.
George Bush? Check....



Anyone care to add on?????

[leftchick]

8. one big dif between our little dictator and theirs

Did saddam ever say he was giving them "Freedom" as he raped, tortured, killed and maimed them?

[The Magistrate]

10. Oh Yes, Ma'am,, He Certainly Did

The Ba'athist Party had its pretensions of virtue and progress and all the rest....

[leftchick]

21. so he was promising democracy and freedom to Shiites and Kurds?

That is the hypocrisy I was trying to point out.

[soleft]

11. He doesn't have time to meet with Iraqi victims of Bush

[Sadie5]

12. Hand picked?

Would bush be meeting with them any other way? Can't have anyone saying something that might embarrass the leader.

[JackORoses]

13. he actually

called saddam "a man who was a law unto himself"

if only an overdose of irony was lethal...

[Roland99]

14. What a PATHETIC Photo op!!

:mad:

[JanusAscending]

19. Photo Op????? What the hell happened??

There I was....watching C SPAN..they announce a White House Press briefing. Fade in to.. Bush sitting amonst the "Iraqi people" who were affected by Sadaam's brutal rule...he (bush) makes a few statements....then opens it to the press...many voices heard, asking many questions (sounded like total chaos!!!) then............BLACK !! Cameras shut off.........WTF???? fade in to some other call in show!!:wtf: Did anyone else see this?? or was I hallucinating????????Please don't tell me that C SPAN has now been taken over by the Neo cons!! Looks like the "resident" can't handle the truth or the pressure!!

[Rex]

15. I bet these Iraqis view Bush as their new dictator.

Same ol' shit, different regime.

[damntexdem]

16. Well, for once I believe Dubya:

I'm sure that he will finish the job that Saddam started. Those victims, and all other Iraqis, will not lack for victimization.

[Jacobin]

17. Did he meet with any Bush Victims?

There should be hundreds of thousands by now, including the relatives of the dead.

[Hobarticus]

18. Why Iraqis? Been to a US service-member's funeral lately, Dubya?

At all?

Thought not.

Evil propagandizing bastard.

[Geo55]

20. Lemme get this under my helmut,

"between a society which was willing to jail people, torture people and beat people and kill people, to a society beginning to understand the fruits of democracy and freedom.''

ya mean, ah.....Iraq has SURPASSED us in building a civilized nation?....am I missin' sumthin' here?

[brentspeak]

22. "Finish the job" =

finish handing over the national treasury to Halliburton and friends.

[LynnTheDem]

23. Slaughtering 150,000 - 600,000 men, women & kids and he ain't "finished"

yet.

Kill em all, eh bush? Ya MFing war criminal.

[teryang]

24. Agreed, this photo op was to counter new torture incidents

...revealed today. NPR ran a long radio story this AM about US Army /CIA supervised torture. The memo came down "take off the gloves." (This is something Cheney was found of saying after 911.) Some involved have been given immunity to testify in a prolonged torture incident which resulted in murder.

It's safe to say Iraqis don't like us, based upon the first Iraq war in which tens of thousands were killed AFTER THE CEASE FIRE upon the orders of media darling General McCaffery, followed by sanctions which are estimated to have killed hundreds of thousands of children, then followed by a second illegal invasion estimated to have killed in excess of 100,000 Iraqis.

[leftchick]

25. do you have a link to that radio show?

was it on regular NPR or one of their affiliate shows? Thank you for this information. It certainly sounds explosive and explains the D&P show at the WH today.

[54anickel]

27. Here's one...I believe this is the story the poster was referring to

Heard it on Morning Edition, the "take the gloves off" memo is what makes me think this is the show.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5161518

U.S. Officer Court-Martialed in Iraqi General's Death

[leftchick]

37. thank you!

:hi:

[leftchick]

26. do you have a link to that radio show?

was it on regular NPR or one of their affiliate shows? Thank you for this information. It certainly sounds explosive and explains the D&P show at the WH today.

[barb162]

28. Can never pin this administration down on what "finish" means

[Amonester]

29. "Finish the job" means "Invade Iran" to the "New Pearl Harbor"

:puke: tyrant.

[rodeodance]

31. Bush Meets Victims of Saddam's Reign

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060119/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_iraq

Bush Meets Victims of Saddam's Reign

By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer1 hour, 16 minutes ago

Iraqis who said they were beaten, imprisoned and lost loved ones at the hands of Saddam Hussein's government shared their stories Wednesday with President Bush, who said the former Iraqi president "will get his due justice."

There was an emotional atmosphere in the hourlong meeting, participants said, as Bush went around a table in the Roosevelt Room asking each of roughly a dozen Iraqis to tell their experiences. Bush said they told "stories of sadness and stories of bravery."

"One of the interesting moments will come here this year when Saddam Hussein's trial is brought forth for the world to see, to see the butcherer, the person who brutalized many people or ordered the brutality of many people here at this table, get his due justice under rule of law," the president told reporters brought in for two minutes at the end of the meeting.

Saddam and seven co-defendants are on trial for the deaths of more than 140 Shiite Muslims in the town of Dujail in 1982. The trial recessed on Dec. 22 after two days of testimony and is scheduled to resume Tuesday. Conviction could bring a sentence of death by hanging........

[trotsky]

32. What about the Iraqis who were beaten, imprisoned, and lost loved ones...

under U.S. control?

This is horrible. How can we honestly say we are any better?

[thebigidea]

33. I'll be impressed when he meets Iraqis in Baghdad

c'mon, tough guy. Go be the hero and hand out food or something to your loyal, grateful subjects.

[rodeodance]

34. the reporter on cable even said this was an event to show positive

progress being made. this was yesterday.

[Submariner]

35. Will he meet victims of his reign?

I doubt it.:mad:

[11 Bravo]

36. The jug-eared little shitstain could meet victims of his OWN regime ...

if he had the balls to visit Walter Reed or Abu Ghraib.