kallend 2,027 #1 October 6, 2004 From the Washington Post: "Spin of the Week award: The winner, despite intense competition, is national security adviser Condoleezza Rice. Rice, chatting Sunday with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, was asked about Bush's claim that Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, who sold nuclear secrets to North Korea, Iran, and Libya, had been "brought to justice." "To 'justice'?" Blitzer asked, saying that seemed to be very "sloppy wording," since Khan had been "pardoned by President [ Pervez] Musharraf." Khan, who has done more damage to the security of the United States than anyone since Benedict Arnold, "himself lives in a villa," Blitzer noted -- actually five of them. "And the [International Atomic Energy Agency] would like to question him, and the Pakistani government doesn't even allow that to happen."... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tunaplanet 0 #2 October 6, 2004 I still like, "Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime ... He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation ... And now he is miscalculating America's response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction ... So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real..." - Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Jan. 23. 2003 Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CornishChris 5 #3 October 6, 2004 It's not always a Kerry issue Tuna... CJP Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tunaplanet 0 #4 October 6, 2004 QuoteIt's not always a Kerry issue Tuna... Correct. And neither is it always a Bush issue. Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallRate 0 #5 October 7, 2004 What can be done by the US to bring Khan "to justice"? It would be nice to see him hanging by his scrotum, but what real options are available? We should probably discard the notion that options involving the U.N., sanctions or dirty looks are going to do much of anything. But then Khan can't be brought to justice. If his past actions lead to nuclear proliferation or to the use of a nuclear device in a terrorist act then there is no way in which a single person can make up for that. It is not a debt which can be paid by one individual. Still, it would be nice to flatten his (occupied) villa. FallRate Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #6 October 7, 2004 QuoteWhat can be done by the US to bring Khan "to justice"? No idea, but Pakistan could bring him to justice. Bush claimed during the debate that thanks to his leadership, he was brought to justice. He wasn't, he was pardoned. It was a lie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,465 #7 October 7, 2004 Must be faulty intelligence Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #8 October 7, 2004 Quote"Spin of the Week award Democratic spin: Clinton awards Halliburton no-bid contract in Yugoslavia - good... Bush awards Halliburton no-bid contract in Iraq - bad... Clinton spends 77 billion on war in Serbia - good.. Bush spends 87 billion in Iraq - bad... Clinton imposes regime change in Serbia - good... Bush imposes regime change in Iraq - bad... Clinton bombs Christian Serbs on behalf of Muslim Albanian terrorists- good... Bush liberates 25 million from a genocidal dictator - bad... Clinton bombs Chinese embassy - good... Bush bombs terrorist camps - bad... Clinton commits felonies while in office - good... Bush lands on aircraft carrier in jumpsuit - bad... No mass graves found in Serbia - good... No WMD found Iraq - bad... Stock market crashes in 2000 under Clinton - good... Economy on upswing under Bush - bad... Clinton refuses to take custody of Bin Laden - good... World Trade Centers fall under Bush- bad... Clinton says Saddam has nukes - good... Bush says Saddam has nukes - bad... Clinton calls for regime change in Iraq - good... Bush imposes regime change in Iraq - bad... Terrorist training in Afghanistan under Clinton - good... Bush destroys training camps in Afghanistan - bad... Milosevic not yet convicted - good... Saddam turned over for trial - bad... Ahh, it's so confusing! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #9 October 7, 2004 Repost of the week award ^^^^^^ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,027 #10 October 7, 2004 QuoteRepost of the week award ^^^^^^ Twice in one day, in fact.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tkhayes 348 #11 October 7, 2004 Geez, Kerry would not have based that on 'american intelligence' fed from the reigning government would he? Or does the Senator have free access to all the CIA files to base his decision? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
