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

To: haqihana who wrote (753398)	11/6/2006 11:49:59 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

New York Times calls for deferring Saddam's execution Nov 06 8:13 AM US/Eastern The New York Times called for the deferment of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's execution, saying Iraq had not received "full justice." The newspaper, which is opposed to the death penalty, said Iraq not only needed to hold Saddam fully accountable for his atrocities but also to heal and educate the nation he "ruthlessly divided." The toppled Iraqi leader was sentenced Sunday to die by hanging for ordering the deaths of 148 Shiite residents of Dujail, north of Baghdad, after a 1982 assassination attempt. "But Iraq got neither the full justice nor the full fairness it deserved," it said in an editorial. "President Bush overreached in calling the trial 'a milestone in the Iraqi peoples efforts to replace the rule of a tyrant with the rule of law.'" The paper expressed regret that dominant Shiite and Kurdish politicians "have been determined to use Mr. Hussein's trial and punishment to further their own political ends, as Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki has continued to do in recent days." The editorial called for deferring the death penalty "long enough to allow the completion of a second trial, in which Mr. Hussein is charged with ordering genocidal massacres against the Kurds." The Wall Street Journal meanwhile said the the verdict was "one admirable legacy of the American sacrifice in Iraq." "But to make it permanent, the US must also defeat the insurgency that battles on in Saddam's name," it said in an editorial. "No matter what happens in Tuesday's election (in the United States), the US commander in chief who ended Saddam's tyranny has to find a strategy and generals who will finish the job." In the view of The Washington Post, the trial, while imperfect, will help advance Iraq's democracy. "In the short term, Saddam Hussein's conviction and eventual execution may worsen Iraq's civil conflict," The Post said. "His trials nevertheless may come to be seen as milestones in the slow and painful attempt to construct a more civilized Iraq from the poisonous wreckage of his regime." Copyright AFP 2005, AFP stories and photos shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium

To: haqihana who wrote (753398)	11/6/2006 2:25:02 PM
From: pompsander	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

"Bible Belt" boosts Bush, Republicans By Matthew Bigg Mon Nov 6, 1:22 AM ET DUBLIN, Georgia (Reuters) - Retired school teacher Martha Bobbitt thinks President George W. Bush is a good Christian with the right values. If he's gone wrong in Iraq, it won't change her vote. ADVERTISEMENT Opinion polls suggest Bush's Republican Party may lose control of the U.S. House of Representatives and possibly the Senate in national elections on Tuesday, dragged down by the unpopularity of the war in Iraq. But for millions of Americans, support for Bush runs deeper than the debate over the direction of the war on terrorism and can be summed up by what his backers view as old-fashioned conservative values. Support for the troops, the president and the war run hand in hand with a deep belief in the Christian faith while Democrats are viewed as lacking the fiber to defend the American way of life under threat from radical Islam. "I support the president. I think he is a fine Christian man and his morals and values represent our country to a wonderful degree," said Bobbitt, in a view echoed by others at a recent rally in Dublin for Republican congressional candidate Mac Collins. "I feel 9/11 changed our lives here in this country. We are fighting a war that is completely different to the wars we fought in the past," she said. Dublin is set in central Georgia in the Bible Belt that runs across much of the southeastern United States, so called for its many churches and deeply held religious beliefs. Dublin boasts strong military ties and the 48th brigade of the Georgia National Guard used it as its home base for a one-year tour of duty in Iraq during which it lost more than two dozen soldiers. Bush campaigned in Georgia last week for Republican candidates in the 8th and 12th congressional districts, among the few nationally where Republicans believe they could upset Democratic incumbents. BUSH MORE POPULAR Some 48 percent of Georgia's registered voters say they approve of Bush and 47 percent approve of his government's policies in Iraq, according to a poll published this week by the Mason-Dixon Polling and Research group for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper. Nationally, Bush's popularity ratings have dipped into the 38 percent range. The 8th district race, which includes Dublin, is complicated for Republicans because the Democratic incumbent, Rep. Jim Marshall (news, bio, voting record), is a Vietnam veteran inducted into the Army Ranger Hall of Fame. His record of support for the war makes him difficult to paint as a typical liberal. Nevertheless, candidate Collins insists Georgia's values are inconsistent with the liberal ideas of Democrats, such as House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi. "Miss Pelosi: we don't agree with your San Francisco West Coast ideas and values. We do things differently in Georgia," he said in a campaign speech on Thursday, calling himself "a guy you can do business with on a handshake." The chaos and bloodshed in Iraq have not swayed the president's most ardent supporters. Britt Smith, 48, and his son Greg, 20, both served with the Georgia National Guard in Iraq on a one-year tour that ended in May. Neither was hurt, though Britt's wife Peggy recalls the anguish of waiting for news, especially the times when she got word that a brigade member had been killed. "Our family has been put through so many trials with Iraq," she said at the family home in Dublin where an American flag flew in the front yard. Peggy Smith was scathing about the attitude of Democrats to the war. "I don't think the Democrats want us to win over there so they can say that this is Bush's failed policy," she said.