Chavez kicks ass at UN Summit

[Terran1212]

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0916-03.htm

Published on Friday, September 16, 2005 by the Associated Press
Chavez Takes Bush to Task on World Stage Over War in Iraq
by Kim Gamel

UNITED NATIONS - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez took President Bush to task in front of a global summit for waging war in Iraq without U.N. consent and won rousing applause for his critique.

CHAVEZ GOT THE LOUDEST APPLAUSE OF THE SUMMIT
President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela displays a note calling him to terminate his speech after his five-minute alotment expired, at the 2005 World Summit during the 60th session of the General Assembly at the United Nations. Chavez called the United States a 'terrorist state' and said the United Nations headquarters should be moved away from New York. (AFP/Jeff Haynes)

The leftist leader told a U.N. summit on Thursday that fighting the war without U.N. authorization showed Washington did not respect the world body. He recommended moving U.N. headquarters to a country that has more regard for the organization.

"There were never weapons of mass destruction but Iraq was bombed, and over U.N. objections, (it was) occupied and continues being occupied," Chavez said. Bush alleged that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction but none have been found, shattering one of his main arguments for going to war.

"That's why we propose to this assembly that the United Nations leave this country, which is not respectful of the very resolutions of this assembly," Chavez said.

[feminazi]

1. and IIRC, Bushbots speech was met with stony silence.

at least Hugo has the balls to tell it like it is.

btw, he will be on Nightline tonight (Fri).

[Beaver Tail]

2. Oh Goody

I Will be watching :)

Thank you

[forintegrity]

3. Go Hugo!!

I'm really liking this man!

Won't be able to watch Nightline...where can I watch later online?

[Village Idiot]

4. I like the part where they tell him his time is up...

and he says that if Bush can speak for 20 minutes, then so can he!!!

Three little words

CO-
JO-
NES!!!

[ZinZen]

5. Chavez is so correct

about how Americans are wasting our resources and polluting our environment by one driver driving behemouth vehicles. I am so sick of American culture glorifying everything in big quantities.

[Wizard777]

6. Even if Iraq did have WMD's. The invasion would not have been legal.

Too bad it's not a crime to lie to Congress.