Posted by Bill(OB) on September 29, 2004 at 21:10:06:
In Reply to: Re: A view from 'Over the water' posted by shadowlandr on September 29, 2004 at 20:20:40:
Not gunna flame - I think it is a touch on the cowardly side to do that anyway.
Being just an Aussie with only my very distant view of the US, and absolutely no idea about John Kerry, I do find it really, really hard to work out how it is that GWB and his 'manipulators' can repeatedly tell porkies, particularly in relation to Iraq, and still be in the lead.
The nice little wangle of holding foreign nationals (ex Afghanistan invasion)on leased land in Cuba so that they (at least in the administration's opinion) are no longer covered by either US law, or in fact the Geneva convention, as they are 'enemy combatants' not soldiers, really does make me sick and frustrates the hell out of me - particularly while listening to GWB telling the world that he is bringing freedom, democracy and the rule of law. I heard a recording of him again today saying... "Freedom is not America's gift to the world, it is Almighty God's gift to humanity" AAARRRGGGHHH... (here could follow about 4000 words, but I will show restraint)
I must acknowledge that our own little Johnny Howard has been doing much the same; 'Bonsai' he is known as by some - which is of course a 'little bush'. *and* he looks like he might crawl (or is it slither) over the line to get another term in government as well on this side of the Pacific. :-(
(Now let's see what happens ;-)