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11/13/2003 Archived Entry: "Sure, he won't meet with AMERICAN families...."
Sure, he won't meet with American families...
But he'll meet with British families.
President Bush said yesterday that he would meet the families of British soldiers who have been killed in Iraq during next week's state visit. He also made it clear that he would do his best to bolster the prime minister's political standing at the same time.In an interview with British journalists, the president shrugged off the threat of huge demonstrations against his visit, insisting the trip, the first full state visit by a president since 1918, would be "a really interesting and fun experience".
What is up with this man's priorities??
Replies: 7 people speak up
lets hope that the brittish welcome him with open arms, and the stupid bastard feels so at home that he decides to stay over there. we would gladly take tony blair in return, as sort of a tyrant exchange program or something. a fake liberal limey would be better than a fake human being texan
Posted by justin @ 11/13/2003 11:32 PM NY
It's another flag-signing moment for Dubya.
Posted by Damfa @ 11/14/2003 01:35 AM NY
I think this trip is going to be a debacle, the British really, really hate him. I wonder how many hecklers he'll get in the House there? Remember what went down Downunder?
Posted by salvage @ 11/14/2003 07:59 AM NY
Also check the letters to the editor in the Guardian under "Our debt to America". We should all write to the Guardian because lord knows our press will be awol next week.
War relative's message for Bush
A grieving father whose son died in Iraq said he would walk to London from north Wales just to tell US president George Bush what he thinks of his war effort.
During his visit to the UK, Bush wants to offer his prayers and tell the bereaved families their loved ones did not die in vain.
But Reg Keys, who lost his 20-year-old son Tom in June 2002, said he holds Bush and Tony Blair responsible for his death.
They didn't die for a noble cause, they died for Bush's political reasons, they were just sacrificial lambs
Reg Keys
"I don't know how the man (Bush) has the nerve to show his face in his country after costing the lives of 53 British servicemen," said Mr Keys, of Llanuwchllyn, near Bala.
Tom Keys died days before his 21st birthday.
He was one of six military policemen shot dead in Al Majar al-Kabir last June.
The servicemen were chased into a police station and shot.
The British Army said all the deaths were murder.
Mr Keys said other nations had the "backbone" to stand up to waging war on Saddam Hussein.
Mr Keys said: "I haven't had an invitation for an interview with Mr Bush, if I did I would literally walk from Wales to London to meet the man, look him in the eye and tell what I think of him.
"They didn't die for a noble cause, they died for Bush's political reasons, they were just sacrificial lambs."
Mr Keys has demanded to know why his son and his fellow officers did not have back-up.
And the acting rector Heather Fenton of the family's local church, St Deiniol's, has said the circumstances must make it harder for the family to come to terms with the death.
Mr Keys said little has been achieved by the war effort.
"Futile"
"As Tom used to say in his phone calls - 'Dad, you will never westernise this country, they will never be democratic, there are too many tribal factions in this country for it to be a democracy'."
"He felt they were getting nowhere, they would try to train Iraqi police, you couldn't trust them anyway, you could put them in charge of weapon searches and they would just let their friends drive through with weapons.
"He felt it was futile, they were trying to impose Western values on a country which would not be westernised."
Mr Keys, a former paramedic officer, said he has analysed his grief.
"Most people look for someone to blame and I have analysed this myself but logically I'm not," he said.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/wales/3270041.stm
Posted by jeff @ 11/14/2003 08:31 AM NY
justin,
ROTFLMAO..tyrant exchange program...priceless!
Posted by emal @ 11/14/2003 11:11 AM NY
I don't think the Brits can ensure his saftey. At least I hope they don't.
Posted by P3 @ 11/14/2003 03:08 PM NY
...true Americans are choking on this stench...
cough,cough
Posted by Aristophanes @ 11/15/2003 10:27 AM NY
