Bush: 'I freed millions from barbarism'

[marmar]

:wow:


from the Guardian UK:



I freed millions from barbarism, says President with no regrets

President Bush flies into London today for the last time as US leader. In an exclusive and wide-ranging interview with Ned Temko on the eve of his visit, he defends his legacy, issues a stern warning to Iran ... and reveals his plans for a freedom institute devoted to 'universal values'

The Observer, Sunday June 15 2008


For a political leader who has rivalled Gordon Brown's vertiginous nosedive in the opinion polls in the past year, president George W Bush looked remarkably untroubled by self-doubt as he crossed Europe last week.

The focus back home has shifted to the battle between Barack Obama and John McCain to succeed him. But Bush, on his last European tour as American President, is determined to prosecute his foreign policy agenda for his final seven months in the White House. Dealing aggressively with Iran, and its continuing nuclear aspirations, is top of the list. Stabilising and rebuilding Iraq, staying the course in Afghanistan and building a 'unity' alliance with key European leaders to achieve these goals are the other themes of the farewell trip.

At street level, the president's visit to Slovenia, Germany, Italy, France and now Britain has sometimes had an almost surreal quality. It is not just the politicians and pundits who seem to have begun shifting their gaze to a post-Bush era. Despite a small scattering of demonstrations, with a further protest expected in London, there has been little of the fire and fury that greeted him at the height of the controversy over the Iraq invasion.

On the road to Fiumicino airport in Rome, where as in other capitals on his itinerary the police had far outnumbered any demonstrators, one taxi driver remarked: 'Bush has been very bad for my country.' But when asked what he had against the US President, it was not climate change policy, Iraq or Guantánamo Bay: 'It's the traffic!' ......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/15/georgebush.usa

[Wickerman]

1. "...by killing them."

[Cleita]

2. Perhaps he meant Barbaraism in an Orestes moment

of wishful thinking about matricide.

[liberal N proud]

3. Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?

[IDemo]

4. Special Comment time. Hello, Keith?

[babylonsister]

11. FWIW, I did send this to KO. nt

[pepperbear]

5. no sparky, barbarism still entact. n/t

[pork medley]

6. barbarism begins at home - n/t

[Withywindle]

7. The only way he could do that is by resigning. n/t

[annabanana]

8. I'm sure "all the Iraqis" he' s talked to agree with him.

You know... Chalabi.

[givemebackmycountry]

9. He's a legend in his own mind...

Now let's take that chimp like ass of his that his mind resides in, and throw them both in jail.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

10. He freed billions from the U.S. treasury

[femmocrat]

12. He's delusional...

and he thinks he can "stabilize and rebuild" Iraq in the next 6 months! Hi-freakin-larious.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

13. '...and gave every penny of it over to corruption."

As Clint Eastwood would say, he's a legend in his own mind.

:shrug:

[IDemo]

14. "'the liberation of 50 million people from the clutches of barbaric regimes"

Make that 300 million people, beginning next January 20.

[Nitrogenica]

15. Barbaraism?

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

17. He'd make a good Norman Bates in a Psycho remake

[pansypoo53219]

16. same stupid mindset

as the crusaders. BLINDED by their own 'righteousness'.

[stillcool]

18. Can we get a gag order?