Bush scoffed at a question seeking his reaction to Schroeder's statement on Thursday that international law must apply to the awarding of the contracts.
"International law? I better call my lawyer," he said.
Is Bush just trying to be an asshole? I really wish he wouldn't drag me into it by invoking "the American taxpayer." Oh wait... as an owner of a non-profitable business I may not pay any taxes this year. Then, I wish he wouldn't drag my friends into it.
Maybe it wasn't Bush's intention to come off as an asshole. It looks like he really just meant to cover it up.
"I would say we are winning, I mean, clearly we're winning," said General Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, flanked by U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
Forces loyal to ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein have killed 193 U.S. soldiers, hundreds of Iraqis and scores of international aid workers and other foreigners since U.S. President George W. Bush declared major combat over in May, and they continued their efforts yesterday, striking at targets across much of central Iraq.
The real situation in Iraq is definetly far from universal glee at what is largely, and perhaps properly, perceived as a U.S. occuptation. Still, I believe that the Globe errs in simplistically attributing the attacks to Saddam loyastists. By doing so, they continue to play into the hands of U.S. officials, even as they call them on their ludicrous claims. I have never seen any convincing evidence that the attacks have anything to do with Saddam. No doubt, some do, but I'm sure there are plenty of Iraqis that have good reason (dead relatives, children, foreign occupation, imperialistic designs on oil reserves) to be plenty mad at the U.S. without any mention of the former dictator.
