The President and the Bozo
On Tuesday President Bush gave one of the most important speeches in the history of the United Nations.
Some have argued that the democratic changes we're seeing in the Middle East are destabilizing the region. This argument rests on a false assumption, that the Middle East was stable to begin with. The reality is that the stability we thought we saw in the Middle East was a mirage. For decades, millions of men and women in the region have been trapped in oppression and hopelessness. And these conditions left a generation disillusioned, and made this region a breeding ground for extremism....
Today, I'd like to speak directly to the people across the broader Middle East: My country desires peace. Extremists in your midst spread propaganda claiming that the West is engaged in a war against Islam. This propaganda is false, and its purpose is to confuse you and justify acts of terror. We respect Islam, but we will protect our people from those who pervert Islam to sow death and destruction. Our goal is to help you build a more tolerant and hopeful society that honors people of all faiths and promote the peace.
Recently a courageous group of Arab and Muslim intellectuals wrote me a letter. In it, they said this: "The shore of reform is the only one on which any lights appear, even though the journey demands courage and patience and perseverance." The United Nations was created to make that journey possible. Together we must support the dreams of good and decent people who are working to transform a troubled region -- and by doing so, we will advance the high ideals on which this institution was founded.
The full speech can be read, and heard, here.
The following day Hugo Chavez the leader of Venezuela, craps on the floor of the UN and the whole assembly eats it up with laughter.
What he said was disgusting, hateful, and insane:
The devil came here yesterday. Yesterday the devil came here. Right here." [crosses himself]
"And it smells of sulfur still today."
Yesterday, ladies and gentlemen, from this rostrum, the president of the United States, the gentleman to whom I refer as the devil, came here, talking as if he owned the world. Truly. As the owner of the world.
I think we could call a psychiatrist to analyze yesterday's statement made by the president of the United States. As the spokesman of imperialism, he came to share his nostrums, to try to preserve the current pattern of domination, exploitation and pillage of the peoples of the world.
An Alfred Hitchcock movie could use it as a scenario. I would even propose a title: "The Devil's Recipe."
The Drudge Report has the full transcript.
Hot Air has the Video.
Jay, of Stop the ACLU, has a round-up of reactions.
I agree with this thought from The Rosett Report:
Wow. With one speech, eagerly applauded, Hugo Chavez did more today to show what’s wrong with the United Nations than some of us have managed in years of gumshoe reporting.
A Tip of the Hat to Instapundit.
***UPDATE -- 9/21***
Make that 2 Bozos!
I forgot that the warm-up act for Hysterical Hugo was the madman, Iranian President Ahmedinejad.
Pay attention to the last section where he concludes with a wish for the coming of the messiah.
Hot Air has a short Video Clip.
This man is a serious menace to Civilization.
***END UPDATE***
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