I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
First???
When they no longer needed it?
Guess they weren't so willing after all.
Damn liars!
The official could not say when or why the administration did away with the list of the coalition of the willing.
The "accountability moment" has passed.
Duh.
Perhaps they're no longer willing to be associated with the coalition.
Coalition of the Convenient.
They'll always have Paris, er, Poland, uh, wait...
Peace out Micronesia.
So the "coalition of the willing" was more like a "loosely bound group of countries browbeaten into participating in an illegal war"?
Thank you Frank, I had forgotten Poland.
But...but...Vanuatu swore it would stick it out!
Did all the little countries get paid off already?
Did all the little countries get paid off already?
Yeah, with funds earmarked for Head Start.
...spreading democracy and freedom (one broken body at a time).
God damned war.
Palau is definitely not in the motherfucking house anymore.
Adios, Andorra.
Memories... how they fade so fast...
Back to the Yes lyrics?
The only really respectable Protestants are the
Fundamentalists. Unfortunately, they are also palpable idiots... --HLMencken
Guess the coalition of the billing wanted to get paid and the preznitwit told them how to get paid eh?
Marshall Islands - I'll mourn ya till I join ya.
We don't need them anyway. Rumsfeld said we could fight two wars at once.
They served their purpose
Does this mean it's now okay to forget Poland?
the list of 45 was probably a lie anyway.
So long and amen. Here's hoping we'll meet now and then.
It was great fun, but it was just one of those things...
Or, more popularly known as Coalition of the Billing
Hey, the governor of American Samoa
showed up for the inauguration.
Oscar Zeta Ocasta?
Whatever -- Bush introduced him.
MISSING MONEY
Mystery in Iraq as $300 Million is Taken Abroad
By DEXTER FILKINS
Published: January 22, 2005
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Jan. 21 - Earlier this month, according to Iraqi officials, $300 million in American bills was taken out of Iraq's Central Bank, put into boxes and quietly put on a charter jet bound for Lebanon.
The money was to be used to buy tanks and other weapons from international arms dealers, the officials say, as part of an accelerated effort to assemble an armored division for the fledgling Iraqi Army. But exactly where the money went, and to whom, and for precisely what, remains a mystery, at least to Iraqis who say they have been trying to find out.
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Perhaps the coalition of the coerced and the bribed found out that;
a) The coercian was meaningless since we are losing our might (by being underfunded, and undermaned and undersupervised)
b) Bush never paid the bribes he promised, the great reneger.
and...
why are we not surprise and why are not the wingers upset? They gice him (Bushbastardbingo) a pass on every thing he does.
errrrrrrr!!!
Is Richard Perle a member of coalition of the willing? He's fat enough, plus tentacles.
Mystery in Iraq as $300 Million is Taken Abroad
Check Cheney's bank statement.
There never was a coalition of the willing. That phrase is no longer operative. We no longer need allies, since God's appointed representative on Earth, George W. Bush, will bring freedom to all countries with his sacred cleansing rain of fire. Hallelujah!
We no longer need allies, since God's appointed representative on Earth, George W. Bush, will bring freedom to all countries with his sacred cleansing rain of fire. Hallelujah!
Let Freedom rain!
I just hope they all saved the receipts...
Remember Steve Martin's advice on how to be a millionaire and never pay taxes? First, get a million dollars. Then when the tax man comes, say "I forgot!"
They forgot!
it's funny, you never hear bush bring up his "coalition" anymore. You know who we never hear about anymore either, jessica lynch, the heroic girl, first ever female US POW, who fought off a hoard of blood thirsty iraquis with a stick of gum, and a funny hat......who the special forces rescued out of the clutches of the bloodthirsty iraqui doctors, who were preforming terrible experiments on her, involving fruit punch, and cookies...cookies of mass transfat...CMT...=\
it's funny, that we don't hear about alot of things anymore, do we. things that they held up, in front of us and said how good it was, how factual it was. it's a shame. and a sham.
BluPheonix
The official could not say when or why the administration did away with the list of the coalition of the willing.
'Cause it's going down the memory hole, that's why...
'Cause it's going down the memory hole, that's why...
I've heard the memory hole has had to spend thousands of dollars over the last 4 years, just to add enough hole to keep up.
I also found it interesting that the coronation speech did not mention Iraq even once.
It's almost like his speechwriters are ashamed of the catastrophic failure Nero and his handlers have created there...
And if they weren't Republicans, I could almost believe they were really capable of shame.
>>Palau is definitely not in the
>>motherfucking house anymore.
WHAT?????? I just told a Republican friend the other day that even if Germany and Spain hate freedom, at least PALAU is still on board (MOF, they're sending 100 outriggers loaded with coconuts). Damn.
Tell me at least that Tonga, Tokelau, and esp. NAURU are still with us. Please.
and esp. NAURU
Sorry, dude. Neither hide nor hairu.
The official could not say when or why the administration did away with the list of the coalition of the willing.
The number of strikeouts was getting embarrassing.
Poland?! Tell me..please, somebody...is Poland still there?
God, I hate this mother-fucker (Bush).
Fuck Bush.
Fuck Bush.
Fuck Bush.
Fuck Bush.
FUCK FUCKING BUSH.
Over...?
Bad Buggums..that all I have to say..
HEY! WHAT ABOUT POLAND??!! DON'T FORGET POLAND!!
Meanwhile, over at the NYT, Brooks is claiming that all FUTURE Presidents will be bound by Bush's speech today.
Wow!
Oh, stop whining... We still have the "Coalition of the Killing" and by god, that's good enough for... umm.. gettin some killin done... dangit !
(of course, by "coalition of the killing", I'm referring to BushCo and the Crisis Factory)
Some in the white House aren't all that excited by Bush's speech. From the WP (my underline):
"White House officials said yesterday that President Bush's soaring inaugural address, in which he declared the goal of ending tyranny around the world, represents no significant shift in U.S. foreign policy but instead was meant as a crystallization and clarification of policies he is pursuing in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Middle East and elsewhere.
Nor, they say, will it lead to any quick shift in strategy for dealing with countries such as Russia, China, Egypt and Pakistan, allies in the fight against terrorism whose records on human rights and democracy fall well short of the values Bush said would become the basis of relations with all countries.
In his inaugural address Thursday at the Capitol, President Bush promised his second-term goal would be to spread freedom and democracy and end "tyranny in the world." Some saw his words as changing U.S. foreign policy.
Bush advisers said the speech was the rhetorical institutionalization of the Bush doctrine and reflected the president's deepest convictions about the purposes behind his foreign policies. But they said it was carefully written not to tie him to an inflexible or unrealistic application of his goal of ending tyranny.
See, and I though he was serious!
I suppose now the Pundits'll have to start "nuancing" those "Light On The Hill" articles they've all written.
Some in the white House aren't all that excited by Bush's speech. From the WP (my emphasis):
"White House officials said yesterday that President Bush's soaring inaugural address, in which he declared the goal of ending tyranny around the world, represents no significant shift in U.S. foreign policy but instead was meant as a crystallization and clarification of policies he is pursuing in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Middle East and elsewhere.
Nor, they say, will it lead to any quick shift in strategy for dealing with countries such as Russia, China, Egypt and Pakistan, allies in the fight against terrorism whose records on human rights and democracy fall well short of the values Bush said would become the basis of relations with all countries.
In his inaugural address Thursday at the Capitol, President Bush promised his second-term goal would be to spread freedom and democracy and end "tyranny in the world." Some saw his words as changing U.S. foreign policy.
Bush advisers said the speech was the rhetorical institutionalization of the Bush doctrine and reflected the president's deepest convictions about the purposes behind his foreign policies. But they said it was carefully written not to tie him to an inflexible or unrealistic application of his goal of ending tyranny."
Gee, and I though he was serious!
I suppose now the Pundits'll have to start "nuancing" those "Light On The Hill" articles they've all written.
Meanwhile, over at the NYT, Brooks is claiming that all FUTURE Presidents will be bound by Bush's speech today.
The standard suggested by Bobo will be pretty easy to meet, if Nero Bush has his way: he's trying to bring about Amageddon, thus eliminating the possibility of future presidents.
Presidents in the near future (and likely, the not so near future) will be bound by Bush, but not by his speech - by his actions.
They'll be bound by Iraq.
They'll be bound by world opinion.
They'll be bound by the Bush deficit.
They'll be bound by a legacy of strengthened corporations, and deepened striations between classes than have existed since the turn of the century.
And they'll be bound by a legacy of a deeply divided America along political, religious, economic, and other lines.
The coalition of the willing was just a bunch of words. And the Inaugural speech is just another bunch of pretty and high-sounding phrases that this administration throws out in meaningless soundbites because it distracts attention away from the actual and usually inconvenient facts of reality.
Bush=mo-fucker.
Period.
I saw the redeployment debate in the South Korean National Assembly a couple of weeks ago on C-SPAN and it was clear that those members who voted for it did so not because they were "willing", but because they were coerced by the Bush junta. Their argument was that they couldn't risk offending the U.S. by refusing re-deployment, etc. The patriots in the Assembly conversely were pointing out the danger and futility in the venture since the coalition wasn't providing security nor democracy. A very telling debate, I thought.
You forgot Poland, of course, but you really forgot forgot forgot MARS, BITCHES!!!!
Just a reminder - there's a bill before Congress right now to spank Iran. HR 282
"First America, then Iraq, then Iran, then the world... then... the UNIVERSE !! muahahahaha!!!!" - George W Bush
it will serve as future notice to those who bend over for the us in the name of demokracy
"Palau is definitely not in the mother*ucking house anymore....." Very funny....
An idiot proclaimed : I will bring you Freedom and Liberty .......no thanks.
I'm gonna miss dem Solomon Islands! Coalition of Failed States to help create other failed states.
those who bend over for the us in the name of demokracy
de-monkey-acy from the Chimperor?
cept the first rule has always been:
ape shall not kill ape.
I hate these madison avenue generated catchphraises like "coalition of the willing" they get their media minions like the Freddy Mercury of the neocon set Andrew Sullivan to keep repeating to the mouth breathers.
Hey, Old Hat! Palau is most definitely in the house...
I forgot, the SCLM really played up the fact that Honduras withdrew shortly after John(I never met a death squad I didn't liek)Negreponti became the Ambassador/Procurator from the WH to Iraq.
Meanwhile, over at the NYT, Brooks is claiming that all FUTURE Presidents will be bound by Bush's speech today.
So, all we can expect in the future is more inept bullshit? Makes me wanna keep living.
Bush advisers said the speech was the rhetorical institutionalization of the Bush doctrine and reflected the president's deepest convictions about the purposes behind his foreign policies. But they said it was carefully written not to tie him to an inflexible or unrealistic application of his goal of ending tyranny."
Otherwise known as "Do as I say, not as I do." And the asshole's deepest conviction don't go much deeper than my daughter's wading pool
You forgot Poland, of course, but you really forgot forgot forgot MARS, BITCHES!!!!
Mars just wanted women. Fuck 'em.
An idiot proclaimed : I will bring you Freedom and Liberty .......no thanks.
Only a matter of time before the Victory Gin and Cigarettes show up . . ..
. . . get their media minions like the Freddy Mercury of the neocon set Andrew Sullivan to keep repeating to the mouth breathers.
I have to object to this statement. I saw Freddy in concert. He had a hell of a lot of talent and was a great entertainer. Andrew S. has neither of these attributes; he's a fuckin' hack no matter how much you dress him up.
In the future lets refer to Andy as the Paul Lynne of the Neocon set. "And I take the center square to block . . .."
The people of Iceland took out a full page ad in the NY Times protesting their ministers decision to help out in Iraq.
What are you talking about? There never were 45 nations in the coalition. There have always been 28 countries.
You haven't been paying attention at the 15-minute hate, have you?
Whither Palau?
One of the fun things to do is to look at the COW (Co. of the Willing) and see how many of the COWed had human rights records as bad as Saddam's, or worse.
Mystery in Iraq as $300 Million is Taken Abroad
It's just Chalabi paying back what he owes to the Bank of Petra
Did Stankonia already withdraw? They were pretty good at dropping bombs over Baghdad.
Maybe they’ll phase in “The Coalition of the Willing and Able.”
You know, tsunamis, a good coconut harvest... these things do take their toll.
On second thought, maybe a better name is all they need. A few ideas:
“The Coalition of the Rich and Famous”
“Freedom and Liberty Good Ol Boys Club”
“The International Bastards”
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