New Middle East violence rankles Bush

[gulliver]

ROSTOCK, Germany -
President Bush blamed
Syria and
Iran for new Middle East violence Wednesday, faced further defiance from Iran and
North Korea and got an acerbic retort from Russian President
Vladimir Putin to U.S. criticism.
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The stack of problems grew as Bush flew here for a 36-hour visit en route to St. Petersburg for difficult talks with Putin about Russia's retreat from democracy, and then a summit of world powers. Arriving after dark, the president and his wife, Laura, walked down a red carpet lined by a military honor guard and headed straight to their hotel.

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[UpInArms]

1. Dimson is only happy when he and his cronies are getting their

military-defense-crony-cut of the profits of any "disturbance".

[saigon68]

6. WHAT ELSE? HE IS A CHIMPANZEE

[MrSlayer]

2. Sure blame everyone else.

The whole thing is his fault. His and his puppetmasters.

[Erika]

3. W destabilized the mideast

His father chose to leave it alone because our continued involvement would destabilize the whole mideast.

W, bringing war to the world, and profits to his corporate buds.

[Just Me]

4. The necon "serve myself with aggression" approach FAILS.

These crazies act like we're still living in the 12th C. or something,...like, humanity hasn't/can't ever advance, in a civil way. I hope they are sent back to earth to suffer under what's left of their lot such that they may actually reach the stage of acknowledging their own humanity/humanessness.

[C_U_L8R]

5. Bush is a total walking disaster

he's the only president I've ever heard
of that hasn't ONCE pursued peace... ANYWHERE !!!

Bush is a menace to society .. who needs a tribunal BADLY

[uppityperson]

7. "Rankles" What a headline, what a twit

[rodeodance]

8. te he. great headline for our dear leader!

[rodeodance]

9. "Thousands of police were deployed for Bush's protection."

.......Under Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S.-German relations are better than they have been for years after deep strains from the
Iraq war. With British Prime Minister
Tony Blair struggling to stay in power and Italy's Silvio Berlusconi driven from office, Merkel has emerged as the strongest U.S. ally in Europe.

On Thursday, Bush and Merkel will hold a press conference in the port city of Stralsund and dine with some of Merkel's constituents at a barbecue in Trinwillershagen, a rural town that was once a collective farm known as the "Red Banner."

Thousands of police were deployed for Bush's protection. Stralsund's residents were forced to move their cars out of the Stralsund's historic center, and everything from bicycles to flower pots was ordered brought inside. Anti-Bush demonstrations were planned well away from the areas that he will tour.

As Bush left Washington, tensions with Iran and North Korea grew higher and there was a sharp escalation of problems in the Middle East.
Israel launched a military offensive in southern Lebanon with warplanes, tanks and gunboats after Hezbollah militants captured two Israeli soldiers in a cross-border raid.