As a few European heads of state are according BUSH the type of
farewell a wayward family member in the U.S. might receive before
starting his prison sentence, Bush continues to use his staff's
talking points to insist that, 50 or 150 years down the road, his
OBVIOUS FAILURES in Iraq and Afghanistan will miraculously be
transformed into ... "successes" (?)

Maybe the leader of Lower Asslobia might be buying your Nincompoop-In-
Chief's brainless musings, but the more intelligent, insightful
leaders are obviously humoring a guy whom they consider to be a chump
and a fool. At best!

Televised shots of these leader's faces show them straining mightily
to suppress the rolling of their eyeballs when meeting with your WHITE
HOUSE WAR CRIMINAL.

One can almost read their minds: "Christ, I hope this shit goes away
and never comes back!"

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"Bush Calls for a Unity of Purpose"

"West Urged to Promote 'Free, Prosperous' Societies in Mideast"

By Dan Eggen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, June 14, 2008; A11

PARIS, June 13 -- President Bush declared here Friday that Western
nations must lift up the Middle East in the same way that the United
States helped war-ruined Europe rebuild after World War II.

"The rise of free and prosperous societies in the broader Middle East
is essential to peace in the 21st century, just as the rise of a free
and prosperous Europe was essential to peace in the 20th century,"
Bush said, addressing an audience gathered for the 60th anniversary of
the U.S. reconstruction initiative known as the Marshall Plan. "Europe
and America must stand with reformers, democratic leaders and millions
of ordinary people across the Middle East who seek a future of hope,
liberty and peace."

In a valedictory speech that contained little of the tough talk that
has often defined his foreign policy rhetoric, Bush proclaimed the
start of a new era of cooperation between Europe and the United
States. Unity is taking hold after years of transatlantic discord over
the Iraq war, global warming and other issues, he said.

He called for Europe and the United States to stand firm together with
the government of Afghanistan, "a brave young democracy determined to
defeat al-Qaeda and the Taliban." U.S. officials, led by first lady
Laura Bush, have been making the rounds in Europe this week attempting
to raise pledges of $50 billion for the struggling pro-Western
government in Afghanistan. About $21 billion has been raised so far,
about half from the United States.

Bush delivered his address after calling at the Vatican to meet with
Pope Benedict XVI, who recently visited the United States. The two
leaders took a stroll through the lush Vatican Gardens on Friday,
stopping at a grotto where the pontiff prays daily.

"Your Eminence, you're looking good," Bush told the pope.

Later on Friday, in Paris, Bush and the first lady attended a state
dinner with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, Carla
Bruni, the former fashion model whose whirlwind marriage to the new
French leader has captured headlines for months.

In the speech, billed by the White House as the centerpiece of an
eight-day trip through Europe, Bush drew strong parallels between past
events and a more peaceful future in Iraq and Afghanistan, a common
theme of recent presidential speeches. He has frequently argued lately
that his legacy, while now defined by war and conflict, will reveal
him to be a "man of peace," as he put it in a recent interview with
the London newspaper the Times.

There were only two passing references to military force in Bush's
address, which was delivered at the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development, a successor to the group that doled out
Marshall Plan money to rebuild Europe following World War II.

Bush singled out Sarkozy for praise for pledging money and more French
troops for the continued military campaign against Taliban forces in
Afghanistan. He cited "a commitment to a powerful and purposeful
Europe" by Sarkozy and three other leaders: German Chancellor Angela
Merkel; Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, whom he met with
earlier in the week; and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who he
is slated to meet with Sunday.

Citing a "revitalization of the relationship" between Europe and the
United States, Bush said: "Instead of dwelling on our differences,
we're increasingly united in our interests and ideals." He referred to
the Suez crisis of the 1950s and fights over missile bases in Europe
in the 1980s, saying that "with the distance of time, we can see these
differences for what they were -- fleeting disagreements between
friends."

Bush argued that "since 2001, the freedom movement has been advancing
in the Middle East." He cited elections and voting reform in Saudi
Arabia and other states, noting that the world's democracies have
grown in number from 45 to 120 in the last three decades. "This is a
strange time to doubt the power of liberty," Bush said.

Reginald Dale, a senior fellow for European affairs at the Center for
Strategic and International Studies in Washington, disputed Bush's
comparison of postwar Europe to the modern Middle East. He noted that
there is no comparable plan to pour development money into a region
still foundering in military conflict. "It's a false analogy," he
said.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/13/AR2008061300252....