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Title: With Bush in Beijing, Cheney talks tough on Russia
Source:
LA Times
URL Source: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/pre ... sh/2008/08/bush-to-costas.html
Published: Aug 11, 2008
Author: Johanna Neuman
Post Date: 2008-08-11 00:49:43 by Rotara
Keywords: None
Views: 396
Comments: 9
President Bush was still in Beijing, having a great time. Between watching the swimming matches and doing his own mountain bike trek, the president gave an interview to NBC's Bob Costas, discussing his "constructive engagement" with China (over Sudan, Iran and religious freedom) and Russia (over its pounding of the independent country of Georgia). Bush said he had talked to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin, telling them the violence was "unacceptable" and seeking a cease-fire. He called it ironic that the Russian attacks occurred during a sporting event meant to "promote peace and harmony," and he said he hoped the two sides could get their differences "resolved peacefully." Meanwhile, back in Washington, Vice President Dick Cheney sounded a lot more hawkish. He called Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili on Sunday afternoon, stating "The Russian aggression must not go unanswered" and warning that continued violence "would have serious consequences for its relations with the United States." Cheney Press Secretary Lee Ann McBride told the Associated Press that the vice president expressed U.S. solidarity with the Georgian people and with the democratically elected government "in the face of this threat to Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity." Back in Beijing, Bush told Costas he was delivering many diplomatic messages. In fact, he told the Olympic audience, although he was sorry that the Chinese had revoked Joey Cheek's visa, "Joey Cheek has just got to know that I took the Sudanese message for him" and other athletes who had lobbied to increase awareness about Darfur. Costas asked Bush whether it was difficult to press for reform with leaders from Russia and China while America was experiencing its own problems. "I don't see America as having problems," Bush said. "I see America as a nation that is a world leader, that has got great values."
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#1. To: All (#0)
What just happened over in Georgia, jorge?
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
During practice rounds in Beijing, President Bush discussed foreign policy with U.S. beach volleyballer Misty May-Treanor. Or was he giving her his approval rating? Outlining his plan for peace in the Middle East?
I wonder if all that hot a** made chimp nervous. ;-)
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
President Bush poses for a photo with Misty May Treanor, left, Kerri Walsh and trainer Ernest Ferrel as he visits the practice of the U.S. beach volleyball team at the 2008 Summer Olympic games in Beijing, China Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
(Herbert/ AP) Bush hams it up at the volleyball practice.
(Herbert/AP) The president's left hand appears to be headed for a landing in a restricted zone belonging to beach volleyballer Kerri Walsh.
LOL
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
Beijing Olympics: While Georgia burned George W Bush played volleyball
#2. To: Rotara (#0)
#3. To: TwentyTwelve (#2)
#4. To: Rotara (#3)
I wonder if all that hot a** made chimp nervous. ;-)
#5. To: Rotara (#1)
#6. To: Rotara (#3)
I wonder if all that hot a** made chimp nervous. ;-)
#7. To: TwentyTwelve (#6)
#8. To: Rotara, ALL (#1)
What just happened over in Georgia, jorge?
#9. To: Rotara, Original_Intent, wudidiz (#7)
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