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No Photo-Op Left Behind
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Thu, 3 Feb 2005 18:25:50 GMT
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During Dubya’s latest inarticulate and noncommital description of his plans for
destroying the country, viewers were treated to what I’m sure was in no way a
planned event: an
embrace by
two women touched by deaths in Iraq.
The Iraqi woman, Safia Taleb al-Suhail, lost a son under Saddam Hussein’s
“regime,” while the American woman, Janet Norwood, lost her son during military
action in Iraq. A poignant moment, to be sure; but wouldn’t it have been more
appropriate for either woman to embrace the mother of one of the
hundred-thousand Iraqis killed during Bush’s regime? Or was the intent to
show that the deaths resulting from a brutal dictator’s policies find resonance
in the deaths that resulted from Saddam Hussein’s actions?
Dave!
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| Surly, Dick Cheney could have stepped forward and hugged Janet Norwood on behalf of the Halliburton shareholders? It is intersting that Bush is planning public sector cuts whilst, against the advice of his own auditors, (URL) not withholding any (...) (20 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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