US outrage over Wolfowitz jibe

[soleft]

US outrage over Wolfowitz jibe
From correspondents in Beirut
October 28, 2003

AN influential Lebanese politician and leader of its Druze community triggered US outrage today when he expressed regret US Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz was unhurt in a Baghdad rocket attack.

"We hope the firing will be more precise and efficient (next time), so we get rid of this microbe and people like him in Washington who are spreading disorder in Arab lands, Iraq and Palestine," Walid Jumblatt said in a statement.

Jumblatt, who is also the leader of the Progressive Socialist Party, called Wolfowitz a "friend of Ariel Sharon", the hardline Israeli prime minister, "and one of the main architects of ... the destruction of Iraq".

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,7692693%255E1702,00.html


I'm not outraged. Are you outraged?

[jenk]

1. I'm indifferent

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[omshanti]

2. "microbe"! HAH!

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[Pale_Rider]

55. More like virus ...

... probably somewhere lost in the translation.

[Bozola]

3. I'm outraged

that Wolfowitz hasn't been arrested yet.

[Tracer]

4. Hah! A Microbe!

I wish WE had some kind of antibiotic to rid ourselves of Wolfie.

[Merlin]

54. It is an epithet worthy of our own Magistrate.

DU's Magistrate has a number of wonderful terms like this to describe the vermin who are part of the present US junta. "Microbe" is a terrific one.

[truthisfreedom]

5. impeachment of the administration, and the entire cabinet, would be more

pleasing to me. i'd like to see some people suffering behind bars for what's been done to our country and so many others.

[ixion]

6. Wolfowitz belongs in a cell in the Hague

that's my opinion.

[9215]

7. If Wolfie were captured......

should we maintain the principle of not negotiating with terrorists?

Be serious now. :evilgrin:

[LiberalFighter]

16. Negotiate what?

What type of execution he receives?

[Liberal Veteran]

8. No outrage here....

I'm a bit dissappointed they missed that evil bastard too. It may not be nice to say it, but I would have shed no tears over the loss of Wolfowitz.

[liberalhistorian]

37. I really, really, hate to say it, since I would like to think

I'm better than this, but I agree. I'm not outraged in the least. Frankly, that was my first thought when I heard about it, then I was disappointed that he wasn't even injured. GAH, I'm so ashamed to admit that, but it's true!

Can you imagine how everyone of the repuke wingnuts who are howling in outrage would be laughing and celebrating if he'd said that about Clinton?

[booksenkatz]

9. I'm outraged

that the idea of calling these bastards "microbes" has never occurred to me. I love it! Spot on!

[Liberal Veteran]

10. The PNACers are viral in nature aren't they.

It's like a handful of pathetic little men are virii that make the entire nation, if not Gaia herself, sick. I wish Mother Earth would rise up and rid us of the lot of them.

[Ouabache]

15. If the shoe fits

n/t

[jokerman93]

41. PNAC is a vial of deadly "meme warfare" agent

These men and women presently in power have been infected with a powerful and virulent meme. This meme includes a far-reaching, perhaps epochal, in some senses probably even apocalyptic vision of world dominion -- for those bold enough to grasp the ring.

This is the stuff of legends baby! Very seductive.

And deadly beyond any material weapon known.

[King_Crimson]

30. Every time I see that bastards face...

on TV, I get the willies. He puts me in mind of a giant RAT...one that is rabid!

[leetrisck]

11. Slimy Shrub has called most of the leaders

of the world various names at various times - everything from pygmies to whatever. He has been very good at namecalling and we are outraged when someone does it to us.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

12. This guy is one of the people responsible for the deaths of hundreds...

...of Americans as well as thousands of Afghans and Iraqis. If that's what's meant by "outrage", count me in.

[w13rd0]

13. Missles won't do the trick...

...you need a stake thru the heart to put one of these bastards down...

[LiberalFighter]

17. Silver bullet

Crucifix
Holy Water
The Lord's Prayer chanted
Pat Robertson or Jerry Falwell exorcised

:evilgrin:

[shance]

14. Its not US outrage - its the Bush Administrations outrage

Why do they include everyone in that when its the Bush Administration issuing the press on that article.

Wolfowitz is responsible for those deaths in Iraq as well, and what was he expecting? a ticker tape parade?

[northzax]

18. yes actually

that's exactly what he was expecting.

[raysr]

20. Wolfie

In "Pelican Bay" w/bubba!

[jokerman93]

42. Actually what I noticed was:

"We hope the firing will be more precise and efficient (next time), so we get rid of this microbe and people like him in Washington who are spreading disorder in Arab lands, Iraq and Palestine," Walid Jumblatt said in a statement.

This seems to indicate they know (and probably most world leaders know)the precise vectors of this particular infection.

[sushi]

19. No, I'm not!

It's not difficult to understand Walid Jumblatt, but it really is better not to say things like that. Thinking it is enough.

[arcane1]

21. I'm outraged!!!

I have friends who are microbes, and they are NOTHING like this slimeball!

:evilgrin:


I must say, while I am against the needless deaths of pretty much anyone, I can't really find anything factually incorrect about Jumblatt's comments

[Dude_CalmDown]

22. Considering how nobody that he associates with is capable of emotion...

...is there a single person on earth who would have shed a tear if Wolfoshits would have died in the explosion?

[liberalhistorian]

38. "Wolfoshits", LOL!

THAT'S a good one! And so true.

[henslee]

23. before the blast, "Just give us Wolfie or else" was heard over a bulhorn.

[ThorsteinVeblen]

24. Wolfowitz is evil

Period.

You reap what you sew. You sew death, you reap death.

[liberalhistorian]

40. Um, not to be picky or anything,

but I think the word you meant is sow, not sew. That's the problem with growing up with English teachers for parents, you learn to annoy the hell out of everyone by correcting them all the time, lol!

[joanski01]

25. The truth hurts,

doesn't it. Poor, poor Wolfoshitz. I like that - Wolfoshits. Thanks.

[CBHagman]

26. "How to Win Friends and Influence People"

...is a book that the administration hasn't bothered to read. This guy is just thinking out loud. I'll bet some of our supposed "allies" will be doing the Dance of Joy when the Bush administration is no more. They driven us into a ditch, and the sooner the country catches on to that, the better.

[dweller]

27. yeh, i've been outraged daily

since Nov 2000...

dp

[5thGenDemocrat]

28. I'm not outraged and he's not a microbe

He's a rat. Mikey "The Rat" Wolfowitz.
John
What Mr Jumblatt said was 100 percent correct. Wolfowitz is garbage.

[mikeytherat]

59. Careful there!

I'M Mikey the Rat (check my screen name)! Actually, it's from an old stage name I used when acting many years ago -- Michel Therat -- I've only recently started using the 'Murican version (and, yes, I am a Frog).

Michel Therat (aka mikeytherat)

[Mountainman]

29. It would be poetic justice if he were killed in his own war

and never got to benefit financially from it.

[Flying_Pig]

31. Demise by missle would be too quick, too painless...

I'd rather see him tried for treason, conspiracy, and murder, and then spend the rest of his miserable little life being some tatooed, hairy guy's punk in a federal prison. THAT, would be poetic justice.

[Pastiche423]

32. Uh uh

[0007]

33. Outraged?

Perhaps a little disappointed since he found Iraq so peaceful & loving.

[gratuitous]

34. Bad headline! Bad!

I don't think the "U.S." is too outraged. This corrupt administration has been calling folks names and making gratuitously (npi) insulting comments for years about its victims. Remember the kind and polite words Bush and his murderous buddies had for Uday and Qusay? Me neither. Now, someone else calls them a bunch of bloodthirsty thugs and they're all outraged? Give me a break! It's called repayment in your own coin. They've sowed disrespect, death and deceit; if they're reaping the same, is that not a measure of justice?

[Voltaire99]

35. Does this mean the Druze won't be chipping in for Iraqi "reconstruction"?

Drats! Halliburton was counting on a contribution.

[Gin]

36. Microbe was too nice....cockroach would be more like it.....

this man is telepathic.. :)

[sujan]

57. microbes and cockroaches have many redeeming features that

contribute to human welfare. On the other hand, wolfo.......

[dw]

39. Jumblatt is giving microbes a bad name.

[Cat Atomic]

43. Oh, sure. I'm shaking with rage. Yep.

I sure am. Absolutely furious- that's me, alright.

[EdGy]

44. taste of his own medicine!

he and the other neocons have no qualms whatsoever about using rockets and missiles to take out targets, including human beings, even if it means the deaths of civilians.

If they are going to fight that way, they should expect to be answered in kind.

[rexcat]

45. I quess this means Bush* won't be going over to Iraq any time soon!

[number6]

49. I don't think he'll ever be able to go to Iraq.

I don't know if he'll be wellcome in Europe or Asia either...

[IndianaGreen]

46. Walid Jumblatt..now, that's a name I haven't heard since the civil war

in Lebanon.

Good characterization of Wolfowitz as a "microbe."



However, it is not Jumblatt's courage in confronting Syria that has inspired the growing wave of Druze, Sunni, and Shi'ite opposition to the occupation. Rather, it is the fact that he has shown himself to be an astute forecaster of political developments in Lebanon. Over the last twenty years, Jumblatt has repeatedly lined up on the winning side in the tangled web of foreign and domestic struggles that have engulfed Lebanon. He is the weathervane of Lebanese politics.

Not surprisingly, after the death of Syrian President Hafez Assad in June 2000, Jumblatt was among the first Lebanese politicians to recognize that Syrian patronage would no longer be a trump card in Lebanese politics and quickly began consolidating his nationalist credentials. Spurning both threats and enticements from Damascus, he leaped to the forefront of a struggle that had been virtually a Christian-only franchise. He has not looked back.

http://www.meib.org/articles/0105_ld1.htm

[LibDemAlways]

47. I'm only outraged

that a worthless piece of shit like Wolfowitz is on the public payroll to begin with. He and the rest of the thugs in the BFEE belong in conditions worse than Gitmo. Personally I'd pay money to see him chained naked to the wall of a sewer filled with hungry rats.

[bluestateguy]

48. While I'm glad he's OK...

He brought the attack on himself. This is a case of the chickens come home to roost...and unfortunately, a US Colonel paid the price for Wolfiwitz's vacation.

[RetroLounge]

50. Uhm, sorry, no, not outraged at all.

Maybe Wolfo-shitz can go back to Baghdad and show Rummy, Cheney, Perle and Kristol the sights sometime soon.

[are_we_united_yet]

51. Well Paul...

As I thought, not a lot of support for you here.

[Kat 333]

52. He is far from alone in his thought

"he expressed regret US Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz was unhurt in a Baghdad rocket attack." I've just returned from a day that included stops at countless places. I heard this sentiment repeated by numerous people. Considering the entire of the day was spent in the US - I'm curious whom the are referring to in that headline ?

[pinniped]

53. They obviously fired the wrong rockets.

Some wiseguy secretly replaced the flower loaded rockets with explosive laden ones.

[TankLV]

56. I heartly concurr with Walid Jumblatt.

bush* did not get the most votes. This is a democracy. In a democracy, the person with the most votes is elected leader for a short, & temporary, period of time. Therefore, bush* does not represent the US or its citzens. The bushco administration official" does not speak for the US. The outrage is misplaced and hypocritical, especially in lite of the the fact that they have and seek to kill those that they don't agree with, without any trial, etc., including innocent children.

[Tom Kitten]

58. why am I not outraged?

Substitute "an influential Lebanese politician" with "Anne Coulter" and "Paul Wolfowitz" with "the New York Times" and the "outrage" becomes just another GOP yuckfest...