-Caveat Lector- Bush: The War on Terror is now become a "Global Democratic Revolution". Gee, isn't that what Karl Marx, Lenin, Stalin, and Trotsky wanted? I guess the phrase "Global Democratic Revolution" sounds better than "New World Order". With our wonderful Global Revolutionary Leader, GW "Red" Bush, it is guaranteed that you haven't heard the last of "Let's Roll". -------------------------
Bush Sets Out Mideast Democracy Strategy By James Harding The Financial Times - UK 11-8-3 "[Bush announced] a 'new policy' which will no longer excuse or accommodate dictatorships in the Muslim world." WASHINGTON -- President George W. Bush on Thursday recast the argument for America's intervention in Iraq as part of a "global democraticc revolution", announcing a "new policy" which will no longer excuse or accommodate dictatorships in the Muslim world. In a sweeping speech to the National Endowment for Democracy in Washington, Mr Bush portrayed himself as a champion of liberty setting out a "forward strategy of freedom in the Middle East". His rhetoric was intended to echo that of Ronald Reagan, the former president who mandated the endowment, when confronting the Soviet Union 20 years ago. Mr Bush was speaking as a memorial service was held in Iraq for the 15 US soldiers killed when a Chinook helicopter was shot down by insurgents last Sunday. He made no mention of weapons of mass destruction or the alleged threat Saddam Hussein posed to US national security, but instead emphasised the importance of American sacrifice to the spread of freedom. "Iraqi democracy will succeed and that success will send forth the news from Damascus to Tehran that freedom can be the future of every nation," Mr Bush said. "The establishment of a free Iraq at the heart of the Middle East will be a watershed event in the global democratic revolution." Drawing a line under "60 years of western nations excusing and accommodating the lack of freedom in the Middle East," Mr Bush expanded on the transformationalist agenda embraced by Condoleezza Rice, his national security adviser. In August, Ms Rice set out US ambitions to remake the Middle East, an argument championed by neo-conservatives eager to use American power to advance democracy and free markets. The White House did not elaborate on Mr Bush's implicit criticism of half a century of US foreign policy in the Muslim world, nor the suggestion that fellow democracies in Europe had coddled cruel dictatorships in the region. But, he said: "The United States has adopted a new policy, a forward strategy of freedom in the Middle East." Mr Bush's speech came just before he signed legislation authorising $87bn further funding for Iraq and Afghanistan, the largest US programme of financial aid since the post-second world war Marshall Plan. Just over seven months since Mr Bush stood on a US aircraft carrier and addressed troops beneath a banner that said "Mission Accomplished", the White House is making renewed efforts to defend the pre-emptive war launched by Mr Bush. Opinion polls show that a minority of Americans now approve of Mr Bush's handling of the Iraq war and nearly two thirds of people polled by ABC News last month said the levels of US casualties were unacceptable. Mr Bush made swift mention of other regions of the world where democracy is yet to take root, such as China. But he emphasised the democratic progress in the Middle East, citing countries such as Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Morocco and Jordan. "The Saudi government is taking first steps toward reform, including a plan for gradual introduction of elections," Mr Bush said, in a brief reference to one of the most contentious countries on the US foreign policy agenda. © Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2003. ------------------------- -iNFoWaRZ If your job was to convince the public that a self-admitted Global Revolutionary Communist was really a Conservative, you would probably end up addicted to narcotics..... Right Rush? www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
