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Tuesday, September 21, 2004

UN

so bush appears before the UN and says
"......He said every nation that seeks peace had an obligation to tackle oppression and violence.
"There is no safe isolation from terror networks or failed states that shelter them," Mr Bush said....."
(from the bbc website)
this was part of his in your face speech that basically said the war was justified (which seems to fly in the face of all the recent news. i wonder is kofi was sniggering when he listened to bush speak?) as if this wasn't bad enough bush is asking for members of the un to join in with the reconstruction of iraq. i wonder if as he said he, he was casting his mind back several months when he was effectively turning his back on the un, now when it is getting sticky and it looks like it is going to be a long term situation in iraq bush stands in front of the un to say you should all be helping.
the Cynic in me says that if he wants the help of the other nations then he needs to get halliburton to give up some of it's more lucrative contracts to offer the french, germans and chinese. but that is just me being cynical.

but aside from iraq bush also had this to say:
"But he also spoke of a better world beyond the war on terror, outlining the need to improve healthcare, expand prosperity and extend freedom as an alternative to terrorism and violence. "
again nice words - but look at what happened to the AIDS money that was promised to africa that came with many qualifications - among them was no abortions or birth control teaching, mention either of these and lose your AIDS funding. mmm thats freedom for you - we will only give you the money if you adopt our way of life, our way of thinking.
to be honest i can see some of the justification of it - after all who pays the piper calls the tune, but at least have the bottle to stand up and say thats what you are doing, do not hide it in some sort of rhetoric of freedom and choice.

read the article here

1 comment:

pat said...

it would have been nice to see it happen, but unlikely.