Comments on: Prime Minister’s speeches/Iraq http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2006/03/30/2549 Every day the Prime Minister's Spokesman meets a small coterie of political journalists known as 'the lobby' for a topical chat, or 'briefing'. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:30:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: recruiter http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2006/03/30/2549#comment-4853 recruiter Tue, 14 Nov 2006 20:18:10 +0000 http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2006/03/30/2549#comment-4853 Only God knows are are the root of terror, hypocrisy and damn lies <a href="http://www.skilliepedia.com">http://www.skilliepedia.com</a> Only God knows are are the root of terror, hypocrisy and damn lies

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]]> By: REB 84 http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2006/03/30/2549#comment-4425 REB 84 Sun, 25 Jun 2006 15:50:08 +0000 http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2006/03/30/2549#comment-4425 <a href="http://questionitnow.com/iraqb/2006/04/making-world-safe-for-hypocrisy.html ">Making the World Safe for Hypocrisy</a> Why are we in Iraq? First we were told it was because Saddam had WMD and we could expect mushroom clouds over American cities if he were allowed to stay in power; then the goal was getting rid of a brutal dictator who gassed his own people and by the way has a "blood feud" with America; the latest rationale is that we are bringing democracy to a troubled part of the world. The rad-con democracy domino theory is that Iraq will become a shining example of representative democracy in the Middle East that all its neighbors will desire to emulate. Yet, despite a couple of elections; this utopia seems further away than ever. Meanwhile, back here in the USA, the Bush administration is quietly choking off funding to the primary organizations that are actually training Iraqis on how to set up and run democratic political parties, elections, and governments. Is this hypocrisy? "The commitment to what the president of the United States will say every single day of the week is his number one priority in Iraq, when it's translated into action, looks very tiny," said Les Campbell, who runs programs in the Middle East for the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, known as NDI.(see link to story in title) Apparently, there has been no response to these reports from the White House. It appears that military and security spending is cutting back the only legitimate pro-democracy efforts America is conducting in Iraq. This is just the latest example of the Bush administration's failure to put the money where its mouth is. If we really want to know what politicians value, we need to find out what programs they fund and which they cut. <a href="http://questionitnow.com/iraqb ">QuestionItNow</a> posted by REB 84 at 4/06/2006 <a href="http://questionitnow.com/iraqb/2006/04/making-world-safe-for-hypocrisy.html ">Making the World Safe for Hypocrisy</a>

Why are we in Iraq? First we were told it was because Saddam had WMD and we could expect mushroom clouds over American cities if he were allowed to stay in power; then the goal was getting rid of a brutal dictator who gassed his own people and by the way has a "blood feud" with America; the latest rationale is that we are bringing democracy to a troubled part of the world.

The rad-con democracy domino theory is that Iraq will become a shining example of representative democracy in the Middle East that all its neighbors will desire to emulate. Yet, despite a couple of elections; this utopia seems further away than ever.

Meanwhile, back here in the USA, the Bush administration is quietly choking off funding to the primary organizations that are actually training Iraqis on how to set up and run democratic political parties, elections, and governments. Is this hypocrisy?

"The commitment to what the president of the United States will say every single day of the week is his number one priority in Iraq, when it’s translated into action, looks very tiny," said Les Campbell, who runs programs in the Middle East for the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, known as NDI.(see link to story in title) Apparently, there has been no response to these reports from the White House.

It appears that military and security spending is cutting back the only legitimate pro-democracy efforts America is conducting in Iraq. This is just the latest example of the Bush administration’s failure to put the money where its mouth is. If we really want to know what politicians value, we need to find out what programs they fund and which they cut.

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posted by REB 84 at 4/06/2006

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