[lbo-talk] W gloats; Clinton cheerleads

Carl Remick carlremick at hotmail.com
Tue Mar 8 21:32:26 PST 2005


[Half a lung kaput and a heart encrusted with scar tissue, Clinton *still* won't shut his ever-jiving mouth.]

NEWS ANALYSIS

For Bush, No Boasts, but a Taste of Vindication

By TODD S. PURDUM

WASHINGTON, March 8 - He has gone out of his way not to crow, or even to take direct credit. But not quite two years after he began the invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, and not quite two months after a second inaugural address in which he spoke of "ending tyranny," President Bush seems entitled to claim as he did on Tuesday that a "thaw has begun" in the broader Middle East. ...

His two predecessors in the Oval Office, his father and Bill Clinton, both spoke of the latest signs of progress in an appearance at the White House. The first President Bush was restrained, pronouncing himself "very pleased," but cautioning that much work remained to be done.

Mr. Clinton was more ebullient, noting that the Iraqi elections "went better than anyone could have imagined." In Lebanon, he said, "the Syrians are going to have to get out of there and give the Lebanese their country back, and I think the fact that the Lebanese are in the street demanding it is wonderful."

Asked about huge demonstrations on Tuesday, sponsored by Hezbollah, that demanded just the opposite, Mr. Clinton said: "I find it inconceivable that most Lebanese wouldn't like it if they had their country back. You know, they want their country back and they ought to get it." ...

<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/09/international/middleeast/09assess.html?hp&ex=1110344400&en=e7de1b857c9d8e80&ei=5094&partner=homepage>

Carl



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