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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch -13. January | 139 comments (139 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Mon Jan 12th, 2009 at 05:50:20 PM EST
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Seems to be the new vogue when you're the leader of a country waging war: blatantly making shit up even when simple fact-checking will prove you dead-wrong. Saakashvili suffered from the same bug. Perhaps they're just aping Bush.

by Nomad on Tue Jan 13th, 2009 at 04:00:01 AM EST
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Not exactly lying (none / 0)

There was a call to Bush, and Bush did instruct Rice to abstain. It's not clear what the US vote would have been without that call (although I doubt the US would have joined such a resolution anyway, given the past track record).

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Tue Jan 13th, 2009 at 04:17:43 AM EST
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Re: Not exactly lying (none / 0)

It sounds like Olmert wanted Rice to vote against the ceasefire and was trying to save face.

I'm not sure who Israel has pissed off in DC and/or the press, but the pro-Israel propaganda hasn't been nearly as strong this go-round, and people who oppose the slaughter in Gaza are being a lot bolder than they've been in the past.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Tue Jan 13th, 2009 at 09:14:22 AM EST
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Re: Not exactly lying (none / 0)

I've noticed thsi, but I put it down to the fact that we got lied to about Iraq etc and are more questioning of the official narratives these days.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Tue Jan 13th, 2009 at 10:35:55 AM EST
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