Bush vows to defeat terror threat

[emad]

BBC news:

US President George Bush has defended the invasion of Iraq and vowed to win the war on terror during the first day of his historic state visit to the UK. He told the audience at London's Banqueting House that war was sometimes the only way "to defend values".

President Bush said the danger of terrorists and dictators using weapons of mass destruction represented "the greatest threat of our age". He said: "The evil is in plain sight. The danger only increases with denial. "We will face these threats with open eyes and we will defeat them." He said the people of Baghdad now had the right to free speech as enjoyed in the UK and the US. And he said Iraqis had rejoiced in the fall of Saddam Hussein.

"The dictator was given a chance to account for his weapons programmes. Now the resolutions he defied have been enforced. Who will say that Iraq was better off when Saddam Hussein was strutting and killing, or that the world was safer when he held power?" He said: "We stand for the human rights of others."

Mr Bush added: "We affirm the God- given dignity of every person, so we are moved to action by oppression, famine and disease." He said that was not just about "the simple pursuit of interest". President Bush paid tribute to UK service personnel who died in the war in Iraq. And he said the UK and the US enjoyed a "very strong" relationship based on "an alliance of values".

More:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3282465.stm


Just wait til he samples Nigella Lawson's goddawful No 10 cooking tomorrow.....she's promised to serve up some Iraqi food, gleaned specially from the recipie book of her late mother-in-law: Maurice Saachi's mom

[otohara]

1. Another Broken Vow

he needs to stop with the "vows" -

[Shadder]

2. Same old....

Is it possible for this moron to attempt to give a speach without using the word "terror" or "terrorists" in it even once?

[smirkymonkey]

3. "The greatest threat of our age"

is the Bush Administration. And he's right about "The evil is in plain sight" too.

The rest of it is a load of Chimpshit - does anyone really buy it??? I would find that hard to believe!

Let's see how strong the US/UK relationship is once he yanks all those jobs away... :mad:

[54anickel]

4. Whatever.....who wrote this crap for him?

values = money and oil
interests = money and oil
control of the ME = money and oil
No matter how he trys to spin it, it comes down to money and oil because democracy does not necessarily equate to freedom, peace and utopia. (didn't see where he used democracy in this one)

war was sometimes the only way "to defend values".

He said the people of Baghdad now had the right to free speech
what about that Iraqi last week arrested for speaking against the Coalition?

"We affirm the God-given dignity of every person, so we are moved to action by oppression, famine and disease."
Wasn't there just a report out about the famine and disease the occupation is causing?

not just about "the simple pursuit of interest".
Beg to differ on that one, and I don't believe there's much difference between values and interest in this context.

the UK and the US enjoyed a "very strong" relationship based on "an alliance of values".
Speaking on behalf of the Brits now too. I do not share the same values as Shrub. I would like him to use the term US Administration instead of just US. Please do not speak for me.:mad: