Is it just me, but where's Bush on this?

[joemurphy]

Has he made any kind of a statement on what's happening now in the Middle East? What's Condi saying? What's Bolton saying? Haven't we been strangely quiet about all this?

Also, does the news coverage of all this seem awfully lame to you? It does to me. Lots of women with dyed hair oohing and aaahing over footage from the war but nothing incisive about aims, ambitions, measured responses...just the usual "expert punditry" ranting on without any real insight.

I want to know how complicit we are in this. No one is talking about that.

[Waya]

1. Bush said.....

.....Israel has a right to defend herself, yet should be careful about taking innocent civilian lives.

Rice said that Iran and Lebanon should control and rein in Hezbollah.

Bolton was blabbing on about the Security Council debating back and forth......


That's about it.....

[Waya]

2. Sorry.....

Rice said that Iran and SYRIA (not Lebanon) should control and rein in Hezbollah.

[alarimer]

14. Which makes me think that they are about to invade

one or both of those countries. This seems (although it may not be) like a setup for PNACers wet dreams.

[joemurphy]

3. Very lame. Very lame.

Sounds like we were in on it and OKed it.

[DoYouEverWonder]

4. I thought you were going to ask us about pork?

That's the only thing Bush has commented on since yesterday.

[joemurphy]

5. I assume Bush and his coterie of neocons think invading

Lebanon is a good idea. Idiots. This couldn't be happening without Bush and Condie's OK

[DoYouEverWonder]

7. That's why Bush is celebrating

This is his Waterloo.

[sweettater]

8. ahem

don't you mean cheney's ok? ;-)

[Mz Pip]

6. He's with the pig.

You'll probably get a more lucid answer from the pig.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[npincus]

9. empty suits don't talk.

in his case, empty flight suits.

[leftchick]

10. they are all on the same page with Israel

and are condeming Syria and Iran for full effect. They are all worse than useless.

[ms liberty]

11. George wants to talk about the pig n/t

[alarimer]

12. They are not even attempting any diplomacy

come to think of it, they neve have used diplomacy anywhere. Whereas Clinton brokered a peace agreement which, admittedly, turned out not to be too successful but at least he tried. This crowd knows nothing about diplomacy. Not one damn thing. Of course when you appoint somebody like John Bolton as UN Ambassador, it just shows how little you care about diplomatic relations with the rest of the world.
The world is falling apart and all Bush can do is eat a little BBQ. Talk about fidlding while Rome burns.

Actually I think they are doing this on purpose. They are trying to bring on Armageddon for their Christofascist supporters.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

13. He's too busy getting ready for the Rapture. n/t

[sinkingfeeling]

15. Our Fearless and Great Leader said, "I don't want to get involved."

According to Tony Snow.