Gordon Brown Praises JFK UN & Disses Bush by Unnanounced Meeting w/Clinton after Leaving Camp David

[KoKo]

(Wonder how Bush/Cheney are feeling about this "slap in the face" by Brown?)


Gordon Brown warns of world poverty failure

By Graeme Wilson in New York
Last Updated: 3:37pm BST 31/07/2007

-Snip-

Mr Brown said he wanted to mobilise "people power" to ensure the world meets its goals. He called for a wide-ranging alliance bringing together governments, business, faith groups and ordinary people to make sure progress is made.

"In 1960 here in America, President John Kennedy called for a peace corps - an international commitment to harness the idealism many felt in the face of threats to human progress and world peace.
Today, we should evoke the same spirit to forge a coalition for justice," he said.

"And when conscience is joined to conscience, moral force to moral force, think how much our power to do good can achieve."

Mr Brown also unveiled statements from world leaders and senior business figures endorsing the call for a new push to reach the Millennium Goals.

It also emerged that Mr Brown had held private talks with Bill Clinton, the former US president, at the Waldorf Hotel in New York on Monday night, just hours after leaving Camp David following his mini-summit with George W Bush.

The meeting with Mr Clinton - which was not mentioned on his formal itinerary - is certain to be seen as a move to prepare for the post-Bush world, with Hillary Clinton the frontrunner in the race to become the Democratic candidate for next year’s Presidential election.

However, Downing Street official stressed that the former president was deeply involved in the battle against global poverty.

more at..........
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/31/nbrown831.xml

[Tom Joad]

1. another Bush toadie. May his days as PM be short, may the people of

gb raise up against this fool.
May he be tried for his crimes against humanity, along with bush/blair/ and every leader who supported the Iraq war.

[KoKo]

3. Did you read the Post? He praised JFK...Met with Clinton unnannouced...slapping Bush

by doing that and is sending thousands of troops to help Darfur!

Sheesh....

[Tom Joad]

5. did you read that he is going to keep British troops in Iraq?

you know the old saying, even the devil can quote scripture.

besides, clinton supported this criminal war against Iraq. So meeting with billy don't gain any points with me.

[KoKo]

6. Only until the last province is under Iraqi Control and reports are it will be this Fall.

He was clear in the Presser yesterday with Bush that Great Britain would remove the troops in the remaining Province.

[KiraBS]

16. He said he would continue

will his plans to gradually withdraw, Brown is not on the same page as Bush on this war.
The British media have not been reporting a great new friendship, they have been reporting it as cold and diplomatic.

[Virginia Dare]

14. If he's a Bush toadie, he was sure working hard not to act like it..

that's the impression I get..:shrug:

[NanceGreggs]

2. Of course Brown met with Bill Clinton ...

... he wanted to know what it was like to meet a real president.

[bobthedrummer]

4. How many DUers have actually read the conceptual framework for a Department of Peace?

[Flarney]

7. I would like to...and I've found the link:

http://www.peace.ca/departmentofpeace.htm

Edit: I just read it. If I got to pick the president I would pick Kucinich. We should be so lucky. On the other hand, it's sad that it's so refreshing to hear a politician champion peace.

[KoKo]

9. ...

[Flarney]

13. ...tickle your buns with a feather?

...

[Amonester]

15. Sorry to be an a** but bLiar and herr bu$che also "chimpioned"

"peace":

... Bush, Prime Minister Blair Discuss Keeping the Peace
Remarks by the President and Prime Minister Tony Blair in Photo Opportunity
Camp David, Maryland

President George W. Bush answers questions from reporters following the arrival of British Prime Minister Tony Blair at Camp David, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2002. White House photo by Eric Draper.

3:51 P.M. EDT

THE PRESIDENT: Its my honor to welcome the Prime Minister back to Camp David. I look forward to spending a good three hours talking to our friend about how to keep the peace. This world faces some serious threat -- and threats -- and we're going to talk about it. We're going to talk about how to promote freedom around the world. We're going to talk about our shared values of -- recognizes the worth of every individual.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/09/20020907-2.html

ummmm... "recognize the worth of every individual" hey?

Perhaps a few "meaningless" hundreds of thousands innocent Iraqi civilians were worth less than the oil they had the mis-fortune to walk over in their living years...

Yeah. That must be it. War is peace. Slavery is freedom. (What else is new?)

[KiraBS]

17. Well British News was full of the poverty and

suffering in Iraq due to the war the day that Brown and Bush meet. Remember our media does not sugar coat the war in Iraq and never has. The word was that Diplomacy is the new approach to Iraq, which is why he has gone to the UN like that. Unlike Tony, Gordon is a gifted diplomat and has never been interested in show biz and glamour, that makes lots of difference.
Remember Gordon Brown likes America, he likes the American people and the American spirit and his respect is for the office of The President not the man that currently holds power.

[frogcycle]

8. sounds like he came away from meeting with bush

feeling a bit slimy.

Needed to say something uplifting to try to cleanse his soul.

[KoKo]

10. Brian Williams is going to show interview with him tonight. Promo's seemed

to PROMOTE how much Bushco and Brown have in common with Chimp/Faith/Family/War/Terror Agenda.

I don't think Brown would have picked the same Promo Headlines that Brian Williams did. But, then...Brian Owes his JOB to the GE EMPIRE...so they can pick and choose the "cuts" that make the Promo's for NIGHTLY NEWS/NBC/GE/DEFENSE/CORPORATE EMPIRE...NEWS~

[KoKo]

11. Brian's Interview with Brown "sucked" imho....Maybe others saw different...

but the "Hype" didn't hit the road with that one. :shrug:

[frogcycle]

12. i get the distinct impression that Brown

came and was civil because that is what world leaders do, but he has much the same impression of the dickhead as do we (how could he not?)

He's keeping a stiff upper lip, letting Brian Williams have his way... but will be "polite but distant" as time goes by

[Bake]

18. Brown is no bush toady.

The fact is, GB has been a long-time historic ally of the US, probably our closest ally. You don't ditch that relationship because of one lousy pResident who will be gone in months.

Brown was pretty vocal in the last part of the Blair administration in his criticism of the war and the US/GB role in it.

Calling Brown a "toady" is simply more of the unrealistic, "I want it all now" attitude that is rather omnipresent around DU these days.

Bake

[in_cog_ni_to]

19. Anyone who disses the psycho is A-OKAY in my book!

:thumbsup: to Gordon Brown.