Thread: So whats so wrong with being able to speak French?

It already is. You do what your financial backers want, you get to keep your job and become a lobbyist later.

You do what your constituents want, glenn beck puts your name on his chalkboard.

Originally Posted by Bruno

You know, they could probably save the economy if they turned it into a reality show like 'X factor' for politicians.

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

I thought maybe it depended on whether I am able to speak French

I'm sure you are able to speak French. It's just a matter of making the correct sounds with your vocal cords.
Whether you know the French language or not, is a different matter of course.

vous êtes un cuistre!

Originally Posted by Crotalus

I know you will dismiss these stories. You are much more comfortable with the idea that Bush lied about the whole affair.

I dismiss that story because the claims were made by someone who was promoting their book at the time. Oh, and because of that whole bit about there not being any proof and all.

Originally Posted by Crotalus

I know you will dismiss these stories. You are much more comfortable with the idea that Bush lied about the whole affair.

So I take it you brought gold to pay for that bridge, cash would've been fine but I digress...

You know what I think about that Christian approved iraqi general? There is absolutely no way that story/book of his can be spun as anything positive for the Bush administration, and that's why it wasn't. If Saddam Hussain really sent all his WMDs to Syria with 56 commercial flights 5 months before that famous UN resolution and 9 months before Bush gave the orders for invasion, that says a lot of interesting things about Bush's competence. And you can't really blame it on faulty intelligence because your article says that the israeli story even went into the media.

I don't know if Bush lied or not, what I know is that he was very incompetent president, priding himself on making important decisions with his 'gut' instead of his brain. In my view this type of pseudochristianity is one of the biggest problems of this country.

If there was proof, we'd have seen it already. At the very least, they would have shown it to representatives of the countries they asked to join in an invasion, instead of asking those countries to take their word for it. And last but not least, Iraq has been turned inside out, and so many years later, there is still nothing.

Besides, the major source for the WMD allegations already admitted he lied about it.
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I don't know if Bush lied knowingly, but he sure didn't try very hard to get to the bottom of things before starting the war that would allow him to finish what his daddy started.

Originally Posted by Bruno

I don't know if Bush lied knowingly, but he sure didn't try very hard to get to the bottom of things before starting the war that would allow him to finish what his daddy started.

To be fair, almost everyone in the government believed the intelligence reports and supported the war until it became inconvenient for them politically.

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

On a tangent, I am curious whether you view that as a plus or a minus

Thanks for that, first time I could smile when reading through this thread

But since you ask, very much a minus. Whoever says it.

Originally Posted by HNSB

To be fair, almost everyone in the government believed the intelligence reports and supported the war until it became inconvenient for them politically.

It's possible, but I'm not sure about that. There were some smart guys in the government - if not dubbya.

Originally Posted by commiecat

I dismiss that story because the claims were made by someone who was promoting their book at the time. Oh, and because of that whole bit about there not being any proof and all.

And probably didn't bother to read any links because you've already made up your mind.