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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neeka who wrote (493918)	11/17/2003 3:16:47 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 769670

moe, When you post an item like this, could you provide the URL or the name of the news service? TIA. This piece-of-excrement fear-mongering article is propaganda from Bush's psyops unit, the Faux News Network. What can I say? The most misinformed people in America rely on Fox. Apparently you are one of them.

To: Neeka who wrote (493918)	11/17/2003 4:56:15 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 769670

THE SEIGE OF LONDON: City Held Prisoner by Foreign Forces mirror.co.uk WE'LL SUFFER FOR BUSH'S LIBERTY Nov 14 2003 Paul Routledge FOR three days next week, you and I will not be free to walk the streets of London because President George Bush is in town. This is an outrage. The personal safety of an American politician takes precedence over the freedom of British citizens, because Tony Blair and the CIA say so. Not only are we prisoners in our own capital city, we are at risk from trigger-happy gunmen guarding Bush, who demand immunity from prosecution for any casualties resulting from their "friendly fire". Never in peacetime has London been in such a state of siege. And for what? So that this cross-eyed thief of democracy can exploit the people of Britain as bit players in his campaign to win a second term in the White House. Let me say it loud and clear: Bush is not welcome in my country. We were not asked if he should come. We will demonstrate in our thousands that we do not want him here. His visit has all the hallmarks of a public relations disaster. Good. Blair's toadies condemn such views as anti-Americanism. I reject that charge. Anti-Americanism is wrong, because it is futile and muddle-headed to bear ill will against an entire people. The focus of our hostility must be the American government. It is the American government that ordered the carpet-bombing of Afghanistan, the murderous assault on Yugoslavia and the invasion of Iraq. The blood of people in those countries is on the hands of George Bush, not the coalminers of West Virginia or the carworkers of Detroit, much less the downtrodden black and Hispanic people of the United States. By allying himself so closely to Bush, Blair is polluted by his crimes, and some of the bloody taint rubs off on us. That disgusts me. The Prime Minister, who transferred his affections from Bill Clinton to Bush like the political harlot he is, insists that the visit is "timely" and a good opportunity to discuss foreign policy. He can, and does, do that on the President's ranch in Texas. There is no need to create gridlock in London. Blair could also raise the issue of the six Britons rotting in the tropical hell of Guantanamo Bay, without charge, without adequate legal representation and not even the rights accorded to prisoners of war by the Geneva Convention. He has said for nearly two years that this position is "unacceptable", yet he goes on accepting it. Bush may seek to alleviate his unpopularity by sending our PoWs home. But that will be the end of it. The US government's pretence of consulting with Britain over what to do next in Iraq is a total sham. Bush brought home his Grand Vizier in Baghdad for crisis talks in Washington. That's where the decision to accelerate the pullout was taken. Tony Blair was not involved, because his status is that of a tea-boy in the President's office. So, when the politicians and the military raise their crystal glasses of fine wine to toast the Queen in Buckingham Palace next week, I hope they hear the deafening roar of disapproval from the people outside. They may not listen then, but our day will come.