Bush gets rare thank you as liberator of Iraq

     
President Bush is struggling in the polls. Democrats are trying to tether his would-be successor, Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, to unpopular Bush policies. And protests over U.S. beef imports have grown so violent in Seoul, South Korea, that Bush has postponed a visit to the country, as we reported here earlier.

But there is at least one constituency who view Bush as a hero: the leaders of the Iraqi government.

In a meeting at the White House today, Iraq's President Jalal Talabani, above at left, said that Iraqis will always consider President Bush the "liberator of Iraq, from the worst kind of dictatorship" and "a great friend of Iraq." Noting that Iraq's economy is growing and that its relations with Arab neighbors such as Iran, Syria and Turkey have improved, Talabani also thanked "the great American people for their sacrifice and their support."

-- Johanna Neuman

Photo: Eric Draper / White House

Comments

[Phokus]

Wow, it's truly shocking that Bush would be supported by one of his puppets!

[Jamie]

the Iraqi President can keep his thank yous.........just help us (U.S.) out here with some free gas...........we helped you........now you help us!

[DearEditor]

If Talabani got one free vote, Phokus, it was infinitely more votes than that fascist Saddam Hussein, whom you wanted to save.

[LT Nixon]

Well, at least we will always get some props from the Kurds.

[Independent]

I find it shocking that this isn't front page news. C'mon people, pay attention. You act as if the leader of Iraq is lying. The country is improving.

[Nathan]

His administration will go down in history as the most corrupt, incompetent, and underachieving. He lied to his country men and the world when selling the Iraq War. His foreign policy is an utter abomination. Hatred towards Americans is at an all time high, mainly because Bush and his cronies have incited violence throughout the Middle East, North Korea, and other parts of the world. He isn’t worth reading or writing about. I am going to take a crap now. Poop!

[Al Ramirez]

I for one, and maybe I'm one of the last and only ones, still believe in the President and his Agenda.

A strong America abroad has made us safer at home. Since 9-11 there hasn't been another terror attack on US soil. The WTC had been under attack during Clinton's term as well as his being at the helm during the attack on our Navy by Yemenis terrorists. Saddam did have a history of using Chemical weapons, even on his own people and he hadn't been forthcoming so yes there was no other way to verify the potential and it was time for regime change. It was the CIA and JFK who originally funded Saddam and his Bathe Party as hawkish counter moves against Communist Russia. Russia's Communist Regime has also proven to not always be a friend of the Jewish state even though they were the liberators of many of the worst concentration camps. The region has grown in Radicalism and directly attributable to the appeasement of Jimmy Carter's failures in Iran during the 444 day hostage Crisis that started in 1979 and ended in 1981 and compounded by his own Anti-Israeli Agenda. An agenda that he continues to perpetuate and one that will only be complicated by the threat of a Barry Soetoro (Barack's name before he changed it) Presidency. Woe to those who falsely believe that America has no enemies and shame on those who fail to stand with Honor to defend our world position to provide hope and strength.

Vote for America first and you will vote for a Republican, but to vote for America to be led rather than lead is to vote for the socialist agenda of the Left wing and commit yourself to being defeated.

[David Bergstein]

Let the world shout: BUSH THE LIBERATOR!