Bush, grim-faced after new blasts, says terrorists hate freedom

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

Thanks, Dubya. You have the whole world making fun of America's pResident.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/58293/1/.html



LONDON : US President George W. Bush, outraged by massive bomb attacks in Turkey that came during his state visit to Britain, stood alongside British Prime Minister Tony Blair and vowed to crush global terrorists who "hate freedom".

"They hate freedom. They hate free countries," a grim-faced Bush said at a Downing Street press conference as the death toll from the Turkish metropolis topped 25.

Advertisement


"The terrorists hope to intimidate. They hope to demoralise. They particularly want to intimidate free nations," he said.

"They are not going to succeed. We are united in our determination to fight this evil wherever it is found."
<snip>

[markses]

1. The imbeciles on a fucking loop

So of course, the shit goes on and on...

[hatrack]

2. Wow! He said they "hate freedom"?

Such soaring rhetoric! Such originality! Such soul-stirring power!

[gratuitous]

3. You know, if an original thought ever penetrated Stupidhead's cranium

It would almost certainly die of loneliness.

Damn Karl, you lazy so-and-so, at least you could have put in fresh tapes for a state visit!

[whirlygigspin]

4. Or

Maybe they just hate not being cut in on oil pipeline deals
going through Afganistan and hold a personal grudge against
Bushco's oil & plunder administration.

-We report, you decide.

[Sagan]

5. blah blah blah

Has the Chimp ever explained what he means by "they hate freedom"?

He uses it like a magic charm, but it really doesn't make any sense. No wonder we're losing the War on Terrah if this is our sole understanding of terrorist motivations.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

8. Good point. If they "hated freedom," wouldn't they turn themselves

in to Gitmo or something?

[calimary]

13. Notice how there is NEVER anyone among the multitudes of

talking heads - who actually looks at statements like that and questions them, or probes their meaning, or what possible, logical, reasonable sense a statement like that MEANS??????

Dear God, I WISH!!!!!

[Liberal_Andy]

16. excellent point Billy!

Mind if I use it?

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

18. LOL... Just give credit to DU.

Wouldn't you love to hear a reporter ask Bush something like that?

[Cocoa]

17. lol

maybe that's their excuse for letting bin Laden get away, punish him with his hated freedom.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

9. Vague Generalities cover a multitude of sins, right?

[ninkasi]

14. Just a convenient phrase...

kind of like using "9-11 changed everything" to excuse any miserable piece of crap legislation like The Patriot Act. Doesn't mean a damn thing, he just says it and people seem to respond. I feel like throwing something at the t.v. every time he's on.

[wabeewoman]

21. "I feel like throwing something at the t.v. every time he's on."

I still feel that way but lately I've been having an overwhelming desire to vomit every time he gets on and struts and smirks. Seriously.

[RobertSeattle]

19. Most Excellent Point

I believe Corn has a whole section of his book regarding the "They Hate Freedom" mantra - it's meaningless marketing tripe.

[Say_What]

6. Can't he think up a better f*ck'n lie than that.

what a f*ck'n a$$hole. HE's the one who hates freedom.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

7. From the guy who said: "There ought to be limits on freedom"

:eyes:

[Screaming Lord Byron]

10. Which is exactly what the terrorists are doing!

Wonder how much he's paying them.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

20. He's using them to limit our freedom

I think W betrayed his true intentions a while ago.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

22. Classic Dualistic 'God / Devil' relationship.

Bush uses his 'Devils' to keep us in line.

[qwertyMike]

11. Mantra

"Terrorists Hate Freedom"
And we never question this.

'Terrorists' WANT freedom

IRA, PLO, Nicaraguans and so on want freedom from opression

jeez

[ninkasi]

12. He sounds pathetic

Really, the man is a megalomaniac. If he had ever been serious about fighting "terra" he might have concentrated on finding Bin Laden, instead of insisting on his completely illegal invasion of Iraq.

There has been more bloodshed, more disorder, more suffering, more hatred, more everything evil since he stole the presidency.

[Tracer]

15. Geez, the guy's a freakin' broken record.

eom.

[smirkymonkey]

23. Will someone shove a fricking Freedom Fry

in his lying piehole so he'll shut the F**k UP!!!

The jerk wouldn't know what real freedom was if it bit him in the ass!
:grr:

[schmalvern]

24. Bush was asked during a press conference

why he thinks that people in England hate him and I was sure he was going to respond "because they hate freedom." Instead, I was shocked and awed to hear him say how much he loved that the people had the right to protest (like they do now in Iraq, although, not really...). Is his love of protest (and freedom?) the reason why he asked British police to shut down major portions of the city while he was there and to maintain a huge bubble around him so that the protests wouldn't appear in his photo-ops?

[newyawker99]

31. Hi schmalvern!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[truthspeaker]

25. they don't hate freedom, they WANT freedom

Freedom from foreign occupation, dumbass.

[Malva Zebrina]

26. they hate freedom

hey that is what he was told to memorize and he has repeated it to himself one hundred times every night as he drifts off to sleep. That is why he says it so effortlessly in all sort of crisis situations. :-)

[SpiralHawk]

27. "Hate them for hating" says Bush

Hateful haters deserve to be hated. That will fix everything right up.

[smirkymonkey]

32. "Hating Haters and the Haters who Hate Them"

n/t

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

28. "They hate freedom"???

Considering his other comments about freedom:

"You're lucky to be free."
"There ought to be limits to freedom."

Are you sure * isn't subconsciously talking about himself?
Naah. His brain isn't that sophisticated.

[Sideways]

29. Hate, Hate, Hate, Hate My Mom Told Me So

Yer saying Mommy Babs is wrong? Well I'll hate you for it.

[devinsgram]

30. Wrong again Bush, they HATE YOU!