Bush chides Iraq over Hussein execution - looked like "kind of a revenge killing"

[Kadie]

Bush chides Iraq over Hussein execution
13 minutes ago


WASHINGTON - President Bush said Tuesday the chaotic execution of Saddam Hussein looked like "kind of a revenge killing" and showed that the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki "has still got some maturation to do."

In his toughest assessment yet, Bush criticized the circumstances of Saddam's hanging and the execution of two top aides, including Saddam's half brother.

"I was disappointed and felt like they fumbled the — particularly the Saddam Hussein execution," the president said in an interview PBS' Jim Lehrer.

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"The message is that it's a confusing message," the president said. "It basically says to people, `Look, you conducted a trial and gave Saddam justice that he didn't give to others. But then, when it came to execute him, it looked like it was kind of a revenge killing.' And it sent a mixed signal to the American people and the people around the world."

"And it just goes to show that this is a government that has still got some maturation to do," Bush said in the interview, to be telecast Tuesday evening on PBS' "NewsHour With Jim Lehrer."

more...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070116/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_iraq_5

[malaise]

1. Fugg Bush n/t

[I_Will]

3. Once again, they are profound at missing the irony n/t

[Botany]

2. Bush, "He tried to kill my daddy."

On Saddam.

When are we going to dump this half baked piece of crap?

[katmondoo]

10. Did HE ask for the rope that hung Saddam to display next to the gun?

I can see it hanging in that little room off the Oval Office tastefully hung next to the gun :sarcasm:

[schmuls]

4. Sum-bitch knows nothing about international politics and the

mind-set of different cultures. As a matter of fact, he knows nothing period.

[cmd]

5. Somebody has got some maturation to do, check the mirror, W. n/t

[Missy M]

6. Maliki has "some maturation to do",

that coming out of Bush's mouth is a joke. He was disappointed they fumbled the execution. I guess we do it better in this country, after all, Bush should know he presided over quite a few. In my mind any execution is a revenge killing, so in Bush's mind if it was done right people around the world would have been OK with it.

[LisaM]

7. Can you say Karla Faye Tucker?

Isn't he responsible for more executions than any other governor, like, EVER?

[Kadie]

18. Yep.

Do as I say, not as I do.

[bif]

8. This was a revenge war, asshole!

Don't you get it?

[Broadslidin]

9. Thanks You..! I will not waste my time viewing this evening's Newshour.

As he sleepwalks

Surely, our leader is salivating over visions
of which tribe will be the best meat :mad: source....

[sarge43]

11. Hmmm, I think we have a new definition of chutzpah.

Smirky criticizing anyone about fucking up anything.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

12. I Would Have To Think That There Isn't Even A Republican Around That Doesn't Smell The Bullshit With

this one.

[Rex]

13. Good thing George ain't a revengful person.

:eyes:

[Marie26]

14. "The message is that it's a confusing message,"

I really can't stand to listen to him.

[Sugar Smack]

15. Like nails on a blackboard.

It's absolutely hideous. As if his actions aren't bad enough, his speech adds salt to the wound.

[Marie26]

17. Who talks like that?

It truly is painful to listen to him. His sentences are so jarring, so disjointed and ugly, that it really makes me wonder about his mental state. This man went to Harvard, after all. He should have picked up some basic grammar along the way. I think some linguist should do an in-depth study on how Bush uses language - it'd be pretty illuminating.

[roamer65]

16. Looks kinda like the...

Islamic Republic of Southern Iraq. Thanks, George, you moron.