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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 05:50 PM
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E&P: Bush Says He Tried to Avoid War 'To The Max'
Edited on Mon Apr-24-06 06:06 PM by Jack Rabbit
From Editor & Publisher
Dated Monday April 24



Bush Says He Tried to Avoid War 'To The Max,' Explains How God Shapes His Foreign Policy
By E&P Staff

New York --
President Bush today said he had tried to avoid war with Iraq "diplomatically to the max."

Speaking to a business group in Irvine, Ca., he admitted mistakes were made in planning for the Iraq invasion, but he defended the troop level, saying "it was the troop level necessary to do the job," and he would commit the same number if given a second chance.

The remarks came as another former general joined seven others who in recent days have called for the resignation of Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld, saying he had mismanaged the planning and execution of the war.

Bush also explained, in unusually stark terms, how his belief in God influences his foreign policy. "I base a lot of my foreign policy decisions on some things that I think are true," he said. "One, I believe there's an Almighty. And, secondly, I believe one of the great gifts of the Almighty is the desire in everybody's soul, regardless of what you look like or where you live, to be free.

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If you believe that, I've got some beachfront property by the Sea of Tranquility. Such a deal I have for
YOU!


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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 05:51 PM
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1. He is a big fat liar! Always has been, Always will be.
Edited on Mon Apr-24-06 05:55 PM by BrklynLiberal
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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 05:53 PM
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2. Who's Max ?
Another one of Chimp's bald house boys ?
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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 05:59 PM
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12. Get Smart!!
Agent 86, of course.
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 07:00 PM
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23. I think it means to the maximum. A saying from the 70's?
:evilgrin: Bush is a frat boy, never grew up. So much for the "adults being in charge" :rofl:
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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 07:03 PM
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24. I know... just being flippant
Edited on Mon Apr-24-06 07:04 PM by C_U_L8R
Besides... Bush is a total joke... to the max
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 07:08 PM
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26. !
:-) Yes he is.
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rustydog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 05:53 PM
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3. You lying sack of shit
You also successfully completed your tour of service in the TANG, right?
You never did coke, right? you never were arrested for DWI and the story of you getting a new drivers license indetification number is false too right?
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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 05:57 PM
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9. Who? Me?
Wait a minute. I've really got that beachfront property.

I traded for it. I gave Ahmed Chalabi Saddam's WMDs and he gave me beachfront property by the Sea of Tranquility. Honest.
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Chiyo-chichi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 05:54 PM
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4. That's why he wanted to paint a U2 plane in UN colors
and taunt Iraq to fire on it, right? Because war is grody to the max?
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KeepItReal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 05:59 PM
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10. He also wanted to bomb Al Jazeera offices in UAE too
That's restraint to the max also, huh?
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Chiyo-chichi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 06:02 PM
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13. "Dude, that's gnarly. We should like, totally do that." - GWB
George & Tony's Excellent Adventure.

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HockeyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 05:54 PM
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5. Wanna buy a Bridge?
as we say around here.
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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 05:55 PM
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7. Make it a dozen bridges and I'll swap my beachfront property!!
Edited on Mon Apr-24-06 05:58 PM by Jack Rabbit
!!
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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 05:54 PM
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6. it would be wonderful if SOMEONE
contrasted this with the ex-CIA guys version of events from 60 Minutes last night.
LIAR LIAR LIAR!!!!
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maxsolomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 05:57 PM
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8. its "the" almighty, not "an"
you're implying that there is more than one, president dipshit.

no, I'M THE DECIDER! nyah!
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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 05:59 PM
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11. There is more than one
There's God and there's Bush. Just ask Bush. He tells God what to do.
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gatorboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 06:03 PM
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14. Like totally to the Max!
Gag me with a spoon! :eyes:
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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 06:13 PM
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15. To the Max.....? Now it's official we have a teenager in the
role of President.....:wtf:
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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 06:15 PM
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16. You give the Frat Boy too much credit for maturity
Teenager my @$$.
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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 06:15 PM
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17. He...He...yup you are right....
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Rocknrule Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 06:55 PM
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18. This is the guy who creams his pants just thinking about war
Saying that Bush goes out of his way to avoid war is like saying Augustus Gloop goes out of his way to avoid eating
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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 07:27 PM
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28. But he did go out of his way to avoid war . . .
. . . about thirty-five years ago.
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 06:57 PM
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19. Another lie...
He has never told the truth.
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 06:58 PM
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20. Like...totally man.
This guy is starting to speak like a valley girl.
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senseandsensibility Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 06:59 PM
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21. He's telling the truth
He tried to avoid the Vietnam war (actually serving in it) to the max. And he succeeded. Wow! He's a hero!:sarcasm: Bow down to the truth teller.
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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 06:59 PM
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22. yeah well we know different don't we!!!!
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 07:06 PM
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25. Then maybe he can explain why he was giggling before
announcing Shock & Awe, as shown in F9/11. LIAR
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mediaman007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 07:11 PM
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27. He can say what he wants because Cheney called the shots anyway!
Bush* lives in some fantasy world where a new reality appears every day. Remember Bill Murray in "Groundhog Day?" Well, that's Bush* World." Sorry but he's run out of time.
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DrDebug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 07:54 PM
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29. "It's not easy work, by the way, to go from tyranny to democracy."
"And what you're watching on your TV screens is a new democracy emerging."

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