http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/03/20020313-8.html
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THE PRESIDENT: You are Fournier, aren't you?
Q Yes, sir.
THE PRESIDENT: I'm looking at my chart here. (Laughter.) Yes?
Q The Pentagon is calling for the development of low-yield nuclear
weapons that could be used against China, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North
Korea, Russia, and Syria. Can you explain why the United States is
considering this new policy, and how it might figure into the war on
terrorism?
THE PRESIDENT: I presume you're referring to the nuclear review that
was recently in the press. Well, first of all, the nuclear review is
not new. It's gone on for previous administrations. Secondly, the
reason we have a nuclear arsenal that I hope is modern, upgraded, and
can work, is to deter any attack on America. The reason one has a
nuclear arsenal is to serve as a deterrence.
/snippet
Bush is right.
N. Korea has a nuclear arsenal and it did serve as a deterrence.
Iraq had no nuclear arsenal (or the WMD red herring).
/snippet
Q Mr. President, there's a growing crisis in the Catholic Church
right now, involving pedophilia. And the crisis is exploding in
Boston, under the watch of Cardinal Law, who you know. Do you think
the archdiocese there is acting swiftly enough to deal with the issue
of pedophilia among the ranks of priests?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I know many in the hierarchy of the Catholic
Church; I know them to be men of integrity and decency. They're
honorable people. I was just with Cardinal Egan today. And I'm
confident the Church will clean up its business and do the right
thing. As to the timing, I haven't, frankly -- I'm not exactly
aware of the -- how fast or how not fast they're moving. I just can
tell you I trust the leadership of the Church.
Q Do you think Cardinal Law should resign?
THE PRESIDENT: That's up to the Church. I know Cardinal Law to be a
man of integrity; I respect him a lot.
/end snippet
Integrity and decency. Honorable. Trust. Yep. Trusted integrity to
do what's necessary to keep the institutions financial inflow stable
and to protect those who betray the public trust. Bush certainly did
that for 'Kenny Boi.'
/snippet
Q Vice President Cheney is on the road now trying to build support
for possible action against Iraq. If you don't get that, down the
road you decide you want to take action, would you take action against
Iraq unilaterally?
THE PRESIDENT: One of the things I've said to our friends is that we
will consult, that we will share our views of how to make the world
more safe. In regards to Iraq, we're doing just that. Every world
leader that comes to see me, I explain our concerns about a nation
which is not conforming to agreements that it made in the past; a
nation which has gassed her people in the past; a nation which has
weapons of mass destruction and apparently is not afraid to use them.
And so one of the -- what the Vice President is doing is he's
reminding people about this danger, and that we need to work in
concert to confront this danger. Again, all options are on the table,
and -- but one thing I will not allow is a nation such as Iraq to
threaten our very future by developing weapons of mass destruction.
They've agreed not to have those weapons; they ought to conform to
their agreement, comply with their agreement.
/snippet
Iraq did comply and was invaded after a further dismantling of their
defenses.
/snippet
Q It seems to me -- you seem to be saying, yes, you would
consult with the allies and others, including in the Mideast, but if
you had to, you'd go ahead and take action yourself.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, you're answering the question for me. If I can
remember the exact words, I'll say it exactly the way I said it
before. We are going to consult. I am deeply concerned about Iraq.
And so should the American people be concerned about Iraq. And so
should people who love freedom be concerned about Iraq.
This is a nation run by a man who is willing to kill his own people by
using chemical weapons; a man who won't let inspectors into the
country; a man who's obviously got something to hide.
/snippet
Chemical weapons supplied by the United States by GHW Bush, and Donald
Rumsfeld. The use of which against the Iranians was just fine.
/snippet
Q Mr. President, in your speeches now you rarely talk or mention
Osama bin Laden. Why is that? Also, can you tell the American people
if you have any more information, if you know if he is dead or alive?
Final part -- deep in your heart, don't you truly believe that until
you find out if he is dead or alive, you won't really eliminate the
threat of --
THE PRESIDENT: Deep in my heart I know the man is on the run, if he's
alive at all. Who knows if he's hiding in some cave or not; we
haven't heard from him in a long time. And the idea of focusing on
one person is -- really indicates to me people don't understand the
scope of the mission.
Terror is bigger than one person. And he's just -- he's a person
who's now been marginalized.
/snippet
According to THE PRESIDENT'S own words; "And the idea of focusing on
one person is -- really indicates to me {the president} don't
understand the scope of the mission.
"Terror is bigger than one person. And he's just -- he's a person
who's now been marginalized {by sanctions}.
/snippet
Q But don't you believe that the threat that bin Laden posed won't
truly be eliminated until he is found either dead or alive?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, as I say, we haven't heard much from him. And I
wouldn't necessarily say he's at the center of any command structure.
And, again, I don't know where he is. I -- I'll repeat what I said.
I truly am not that concerned about him...
/snippet
/snippet {talking about Bin Laden}
.... But once we set out the policy and started executing the plan, he
became -- we shoved him out more and more on the margins.
/snippet
Same thing, with a sane President, would have been seen applying to
Saddam. The sanctions is what marginalized him.
The Prez continues on a bit later:
" And we've got more work to do. See, that's the thing the American
people have got to understand, that we've only been at this six
months. This is going to be a long struggle. I keep saying that; I
don't know whether you all believe me or not. But time will show you
that it's going to take a long time to achieve this objective. And I
can assure you, I am not going to blink. And I'm not going to get
tired. Because I know what is at stake. And history has called us to
action, and I am going to seize this moment for the good of the world,
for peace in the world and for freedom."
/snippet
Once again the Prez shows his words to be *****. He not only
blinked and got tired but once again stated the ***** war is peace
and totalitarianism by a different group of people is freedom.
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Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Vote for Bush. Why vote for the lesser of two evils?
No matter the candidates the superstition industry wins.
'Jesus' is a sock-puppet Christians utilize to add 'authority' to
whatever action they intend on taking. -Stoney
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