George W. Bush: The writing on the wall

11/17/2003 14:42

The massive security operation in London to protect George Bush, the lies and reiteration of lies and Washington's acts of butchery in Iraq spell a clear message to the President of the United States of America.

In three years, George W. Bush and his odious regime have managed to destroy

the carefully-built climate of trust between the USA and the international community, to create the most venomous anti-American feeling the planet has ever known, to drive a wedge between the USA and the British public, traditionally the country's closest friends and to tear apart the tissue which bound the international community together in a framework of international law and norms, based upon dialogue, discussion and debate, in the proper forum, the UNO.

The massive security operation in London speaks for itself: five thousand Metropolitan Police officers, 700 US security men, not to mention the invisible army of British security officers and Military Intelligence operationals. 5,700 people to protect George Bush would suggest that he is more than a little unpopular. Normally, heads of state need a security barrier to hold back cheering, flag-waving crowds, not to save his life.

The fact that nowhere on Earth except in parts of the USA will George W. Bush see cheering, flag-waving crowds, should send him and his administration a clear reminder that if he needs 5,700 people to protect him in the home of his closest ally, then he would not dare to step off a plane elsewhere in the world, for some reason.

The fact that a British Prime Minister has, for the first time in history, to argue his case to stand with the US President also speaks volumes about the chasm which this administration in Washington has driven between itself and the British public, traditionally derisive of Americans in a jocular way but nurturing at the same time a deeply-felt respect. After three years of George W. Bush, that respect has turned into a sullen hatred and a heartfelt mistrust.

Bush's invention of a causus belli based upon lies might have been a mistake caused by an excessive zeal to go to war. However, the fact that he continues to mention Iraq in the same breath as September 11th, after he himself has admitted on more than one occasion that there is no link between Iraq and the Twin Towers, means that either he is a barefaced liar, or else is unable to grasp the facts, in both of which cases he is unfit for his position.

If he is waging war as a last resort, as he stated at the weekend, why then did George Bush invent false pretexts to launch this act of butchery in Iraq, in which tens of thousands of people have been killed or injured or maimed for life? If Bush is waging war as a last resort, where are the Weapons of Mass Destruction, which this invasion, as a "last resort" was expected, not supposed, to find?

George W. Bush is a liar and a mass murderer. These are the reasons for the 5,700 security men the US and British taxpayers have to finance, these are the reasons why Bush has lost the heart of Middle England, these are the reasons why the US taxpayer will have to foot the bill of an ever-increasing disaster in the Middle East for many years to come.

As Bush pushes blindly and arrogantly ahead, repeating the same old phrases, giving the same old reasons, the writing is on the wall. Isolated and despised, he has dug his own political grave from which he will be parted only by a matter of time.

Timothy BANCROFT-HINCHEY

PRAVDA.Ru

http://english.pravda.ru/mailbox/22/98/387/11284_politics.html

Sixty years ago we were pulling their limey asses out the fire. Let 'em hate us if they want. Why should Americans give two squirts. Piss us off, we'll dress up like Indians and dump their tea into the harbor.

Send a message to war criminal bLiar. Have fun!

http://www.thankyoutony.com/thanktony.php3

Even the untra left-wing UK Guardian say so.

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/iraq/story/0,12956,1087545,00.html

62% of Brits like US, only 15% say they don't.

Once again, a vocal minority supposes to speak for everyone. Sorta like the left-wing and anarchist freak-show presented here on a daily basis.

Terrorizing the public into backing a war with lies about WMDs is about as freaky as the show gets.

"Terrorizing the public into backing a war with lies about WMDs is about as freaky as the show gets."

That Saddam Hussein was one freaky dude...

'Shoot-to-kill' demand by US

Martin Bright, home affairs editor

Sunday November 16, 2003

The Observer

Home Secretary David Blunkett has refused to grant diplomatic immunity to armed American special agents and snipers travelling to Britain as part of President Bush's entourage this week.

In the case of the accidental shooting of a protester, the Americans in Bush's protection squad will face justice in a British court as would any other visitor, the Home Office has confirmed.

The issue of immunity is one of a series of extraordinary US demands turned down by Ministers and Downing Street during preparations for the Bush visit.

These included the closure of the Tube network, the use of US air force planes and helicopters and the shipping in of battlefield weaponry to use against rioters.

In return, the British authorities agreed numerous concessions, including the creation of a 'sterile zone' around the President with a series of road closures in central London and a security cordon keeping the public away from his cavalcade.

The White House initially demanded the closure of all Tube lines under parts of London to be visited during the trip. But British officials dismissed the idea that a suicide bomber could kill the President by blowing up a Tube train. Ministers are also believed to have dismissed suggestions that a 'sterile zone' around the President should be policed entirely by American special agents and military.

Demands for the US air force to patrol above London with fighter aircraft and Black Hawk helicopters have also been turned down.

The President's protection force will be armed - as Tony Blair's is when he travels abroad - and around 250 secret service agents will fly in with Bush, but operational control will remain with the Metropolitan Police.

The Americans had also wanted to travel with a piece of military hardware called a 'mini-gun', which usually forms part of the mobile armoury in the presidential cavalcade. It is fired from a tank and can kill dozens of people. One manufacturer's description reads: 'Due to the small calibre of the round, the mini-gun can be used practically anywhere. This is especially helpful during peacekeeping deployments.'

Ministers have made clear to Washington that the firepower of the mini-gun will not be available during the state visit to Britain. In return, the Government has agreed to close off much of Whitehall during the visit - the usual practice in Britain is to use police outriders to close roads as the cavalcade passes to cause minimal disruption to traffic.

A Home Office spokeswoman said: 'Negotiations between here and the US have been perfectly amicable. If there have been requests, they have not posed any problems.'

An internal memo sent to Cabinet Office staff and leaked to the press this weekend urged staff to work from home if at possible during the presidential visit. Serious disruption would be caused by 'the President Bush vehicle entourage requesting cleared secured vehicle routes around London and the security cordons creating a sterile zone around him'.

Meanwhile, negotiations are continuing between police and demonstrators about the route of the march. Representatives of the Stop the War Coalition will meet police at Scotland Yard tomorrow to discuss whether protesters will be able to march through Parliament Square and Whitehall. Spokesman Andrew Burgin said he hoped for 'a good old-fashioned British compromise'.

'Shoot-to-kill' demand by US

Martin Bright, home affairs editor

Sunday November 16, 2003

The Observer

Home Secretary David Blunkett has refused to grant diplomatic immunity to armed American special agents and snipers travelling to Britain as part of President Bush's entourage this week.

In the case of the accidental shooting of a protester, the Americans in Bush's protection squad will face justice in a British court as would any other visitor, the Home Office has confirmed.

The issue of immunity is one of a series of extraordinary US demands turned down by Ministers and Downing Street during preparations for the Bush visit.

These included the closure of the Tube network, the use of US air force planes and helicopters and the shipping in of battlefield weaponry to use against rioters.

In return, the British authorities agreed numerous concessions, including the creation of a 'sterile zone' around the President with a series of road closures in central London and a security cordon keeping the public away from his cavalcade.

The White House initially demanded the closure of all Tube lines under parts of London to be visited during the trip. But British officials dismissed the idea that a suicide bomber could kill the President by blowing up a Tube train. Ministers are also believed to have dismissed suggestions that a 'sterile zone' around the President should be policed entirely by American special agents and military.

Demands for the US air force to patrol above London with fighter aircraft and Black Hawk helicopters have also been turned down.

The President's protection force will be armed - as Tony Blair's is when he travels abroad - and around 250 secret service agents will fly in with Bush, but operational control will remain with the Metropolitan Police.

The Americans had also wanted to travel with a piece of military hardware called a 'mini-gun', which usually forms part of the mobile armoury in the presidential cavalcade. It is fired from a tank and can kill dozens of people. One manufacturer's description reads: 'Due to the small calibre of the round, the mini-gun can be used practically anywhere. This is especially helpful during peacekeeping deployments.'

Ministers have made clear to Washington that the firepower of the mini-gun will not be available during the state visit to Britain. In return, the Government has agreed to close off much of Whitehall during the visit - the usual practice in Britain is to use police outriders to close roads as the cavalcade passes to cause minimal disruption to traffic.

A Home Office spokeswoman said: 'Negotiations between here and the US have been perfectly amicable. If there have been requests, they have not posed any problems.'

An internal memo sent to Cabinet Office staff and leaked to the press this weekend urged staff to work from home if at possible during the presidential visit. Serious disruption would be caused by 'the President Bush vehicle entourage requesting cleared secured vehicle routes around London and the security cordons creating a sterile zone around him'.

Meanwhile, negotiations are continuing between police and demonstrators about the route of the march. Representatives of the Stop the War Coalition will meet police at Scotland Yard tomorrow to discuss whether protesters will be able to march through Parliament Square and Whitehall. Spokesman Andrew Burgin said he hoped for 'a good old-fashioned British compromise'.

The tank driver should be given immunity if he runs over Bush - by mistake, of course. And the crowd should be told in no uncertain terms that it was not nice to cheer.

How immature.

Waging a war based on lies win the contest!

It wasn't based on lies.

And I determine what's immature and what's not. No left-winger or anarchist is qualified to make that kind of call.