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The frat boy is very 'concerned' about the message being sent to our allies and friends in the Middle East due to the scrapping of the Dubai Ports World deal. As a result, the US and the United Arab Emirates have had to delay their next scheduled round of free-trade talks, additional time is needed to prepare for the fifth round of discussions. Georgie equates the success of free-trade with the 'War on Terror,' saying “In order to win the war on terror, we have got to strengthen our relationships and friendships with moderate Arab countries in the Middle East,” adding (the UAE have become) “a valued and strategic partner” in the war on terror.

Maybe, instead of being so concerned about the message being sent to our allies and friends, a little more thought should have been given to the message sent to the world when he deliberately fabricated the perception of an "imminent threat" of WMD and used that perception as a justification to invade Iraq. Or, how about the message sent to the world when Chimpie elected to unilaterally discard the Geneva Conventions on prisoner treatment? Or, how about the message we sent to the world when he and the other neocon chicken-hawks decided it was acceptable to torture people?

Apparently destruction, mayhem, and death are okay to lie about. The frat boy wanted to be a cowboy, a war president. If he had to lie about it and if people got killed for his little adventure, oh well. "Que sera, sera" – whatever will be, will be.

It's sad, but for Georgie, he only seems to get concerned when some associates and friends can't make a buck.
Posted on The Human Stain