Powell: Iraq Coalition Must Not Become Weak-Kneed

[Rose Siding]

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Tuesday Hungary and other members of the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq must not "get weak in the knees" and pull out in the face of a deadly campaign of kidnappings.

Acknowledging the Iraq war was unpopular in much of Europe, Powell thanked Hungary for contributing a 300-soldier transport battalion and likened its efforts to U.S. support for democracy when Central Europe labored under Soviet domination.

Powell visited Budapest after the Philippines withdrew from Iraq this month to spare the life of a Filipino hostage, joining Spain, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua and Honduras as nations that have left what was once a 34-nation coalition.

While denying his 18-hour visit aimed to shore up support for the Iraq war, Powell argued that the United States and its allies did the right thing in toppling Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and in ousting Afghanistan's Taliban regime.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=5784889&src=rss/ElectionCoverage§ion=news

[gratuitous]

1. This visit isn't to shore up support

Colin just, uh, likes to go to Iraq in the middle of summer! Yeah, that's it. He's not going there to sit on some of the grumpier elements in the new "government", or to pep talk anyone, so stop saying that.

How Cheneying stupid do they think we are?

[wtmusic]

2. Why does Powell care, Iraq is sovereign now

they can deal with their own problems, can't they?

[Tempest]

3. Have you noticed how they are now combining Iraq and Afghanistan?

"Powell argued that the United States and its allies did the right thing in toppling Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and in ousting Afghanistan's Taliban regime."


They know damned well Iraq can't stand on its own, so they combine Iraq with Afghanistan in their soundbites.

[Hand]

4. Hey, Colon...

...howzabout a nice hot, steaming cup of STFU???? Arsehole.

Man, I'm the second MrGrumpy this morning...

:mad:

[bemildred]

5. Translation: "Screw the hostages, we've got an election to win." nt

[tom_paine]

6. Powell is a disgraced liar

Fuck his quisling unAmerican.

[NickB79]

7. Don't worry, we still have Mongolia

As long as we have Mongolia, it will all be ok.

[dArKeR]

8. Powell, exchange yourself for the kidnapped just like the India wife

offered! You dirty scum coward!

[displacedtexan]

9. Trouble in paradise, Colin?

If people weren't dying, it would almost be funny...

Can these Republicant's possibly whine any more than they do about every cotton-picking thing?

[Barkley]

10. Hungarians dislike Bush more than the dislike Saddam and OBL!

"A Gallup Poll in June found 61 percent of Hungarians want the troops withdrawn immediately and a recent survey of 34,000 Hungarian teens showed they disliked President Bush more than Saddam and al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden."

[yellowcanine]

11. Not to worry: Colin is on the case. No "weak knees" now, says the

schoolmaster.

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Tuesday Hungary and other members of the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq must not "get weak in the knees" and pull out in the face of a deadly campaign of kidnappings.


Im sure that makes the "Coalition of the Willing" feel much better. "Now go get cheneyed."

[thinkingwoman]

12. there's still an Iraq coalition?

Wow. Who knew?

[rustydog]

13. Americans! we may be attacked again! Cancel the election!

Who is being weak-kneed?

We scream at other countries not to back down to Iraqi threats of beheading kidnap victims , yet Bush and company are actively trying to set the stage for cancelling the 2004 elections because there might be a terror attack that could sway the election.
Here's a News Flash numb-nuts that already happened you fucking idiot...9/11 remember? It happened and you failed miserably.

GET OUT OF OUR WHITE HOUSE!