Bush jokes about Iraq war tensions

[Barrett808]

SAVANNAH, United States (AFP) - US President George W. Bush played down diplomatic aftershocks from the Iraq war on Thursday, praising "courageous leaders" who speak frankly and joking that a humble cheeseburger may help to thaw relations with France.

Bush joked that when he comes face-to-face with foes of the Iraq invasion behind closed doors at events like the Group of Eight summit here: "We go to different corners of the room and we face the wall."

Turning serious, he stressed that the United States and the other G8 powers "have too much to do in a world beset by terror, poverty and disease to allow a policy difference to prevent us from working together."

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"Let's face it. Most people say, 'the United States and the world differ.' No, it's the United States and France, that's where the focus generally is."

But Bush stressed that US-French relations were excellent and joked that he had conveyed French President Jacques Chirac's praise for the food served at the summit to the chefs who prepared it.

"Of course I told the chefs. And they recognized that it's a heck of a lot better to hear the food is great from Jacques Chirac than George W. Bush," he quipped.

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[Alexander]

1. The United States and the world DO differ, you blithering idiot.

Namely, on the war in Iraq, not to mention other things such as the Kyoto Treaty. Why else is our "coalition" so pathetic?

[shraby]

2. Sounds like Bush

is taking cues from Reagan and trying to joke about things that aren't specially good.

[Tellurian]

4. While all the other world leaders embraced each other...anyone walking

with Bush kept their hands in their pockets..

except for the Nigerian president, who looked like he was "forced' to take the tyrant's hand.

[xxqqqzme]

3. I truly hate this little

turd. NO, squatter, it really is the US and the world...actually it is the world differing w/ your puppeteers and lame-ass policies.

[Malva Zebrina]

5. I think this summit did not turn out the way he thought it would

and now, as is his adolescent habit, realizing he is failed again and realizing he is in over his head and other heads of state are actually smarter than he, makes jokes.

that makes him a guy you would like to have a beer with.


One that has one too many beers and is spouting off, bragging and platitudes and cheap rationalizations

I bet all of those in that summit were glad to get out of there post haste. There is nothing on the island that is by any means, interesting at all. I bet the wives of all the stuffed male shirts, could not wait also, to get out of there, so forced were they to submit to a dumassed, unaccomplished , manufactured, botoxed and waxed, vacant woman such as Laura Bush.

[Dirk39]

6. Schröder on his knees

Hello from Germany,
Dirk

[DeepModem Mom]

7. The press conf. was rather bizarre; here's link to a long thread in GD --

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1763508

[Moderator]

8. Duplicate topic, please discuss here, thanks

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=614666