Yes, Roosevelt played the power game to his advantage, freedom be damned. But that's exactly what Butthead is doing, and pretty much what every U.S. president has done.Second-guessing Franklin D. Roosevelt, President Bush said Saturday the United States played a role in Europe's painful division after World War II - a decision that helped cause "one of the greatest wrongs of history" when the Soviet Union imposed its harsh rule across Central and Eastern Europe.
Bush said the lessons of the past will not be forgotten as the United States tries to spread freedom in the Middle East.
"We will not repeat the mistakes of other generations, appeasing or excusing tyranny, and sacrificing freedom in the vain pursuit of stability," the president said. "We have learned our lesson; no one's liberty is expendable. In the long run, our security and true stability depend on the freedom of others."
Appease or excuse tyranny? How about emplace and manipulate tyrants? In the vain pursuit of stability, eh? In fact, that's pretty much the whole premise of the Project for a New American Century - stability in the Middle East (read: control of the Middle East).
Disgusting. Full of himself. Which is the same as saying, "full of shit."
LaBelle sends this lovely story of the visit:
Unfortunately, AP leaves out the questions and the answers. Great reporting there.President Bush is used to taking center stage, even when sharing the dais with other presidents in their own countries.
That made for some awkward moments at a news conference Saturday with Bush and the leaders of three Baltic republics. Host President Vaira Vike-Freiberga of Latvia invited her counterparts from Lithuania and Estonia to make opening statements, but forgot Bush before opening it up to reporters' questions.
Bush interjected, and she demurred to her high-profile visitor.
"I think maybe somebody from across the ocean should be given a chance to make a statement, as well," she said, drawing laughs from Bush and the reporters.
After Bush finished, Vike-Freiberga then explained that they would take four questions - one for each president. Again, Bush tried to interrupt, saying, "Or you can have all four questions to me," knowing that foreign reporters usually want to use the opportunity to probe the U.S. president.
Vike-Freiberga ignored the remark as she called on a Latvian journalist, and Bush threw his arms up and looked to help from aides offstage. The Latvian journalist said he would prefer to question the U.S. leader, and Bush responded, "Yeah, I thought that might be the case."
And as he predicted, all four questions were for him.
"Forgot Bush." I get the feeling they don't see him quite the king of the world that he sees himself. Maybe a useful idiot to get press coverage for their celebration. Arrogant ignoramus.
And still, Freud has his way with the man...
Here’s another sentence from that speech: “Our journey from national independence to equal injustice [sic] included the enslavement of millions, and a four-year civil war.” That’s not my sic, that’s the White House website’s.
Feel free to puke."Secret deals to determine somebody else's fate - I think that's what we're lamenting here today, one of those secret deals among large powers that consigns people to a way of government," Bush said.
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