Re: Great Believer Bush: NY Times

[k hanly <khanly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Of course. Staged drama like the toppling of the Saddam statue that has
become an icon even on Canadian TV ads for its own GREAT NEWCASTS. The New
York times is almost a branch plant of the US propaganda system.

Cheers, Ken Hanly....


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Scanlan" <dscanlan@xxxxxxx>
To: <PEN-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: Great Believer Bush: NY Times


> Huh?? Not even note takers were allowed in, but TV cameras were? The
> Bush propaganda machine doesn't make "mistakes" like this. What is
> Bumiller trying to do, humanize the bastard?
>
> Dan Scanlan
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> >UNGUARDED MOMENTS
> >On Camera but Unaware, Bush Displays His Fervor
> >By ELISABETH BUMILLER
> >
> >
> >HARM EL SHEIK, Egypt, June 3 - It was not surprising that President Bush
> >would get tough with the Israelis and Palestinians and demand that both
get
> >their houses in order. What was surprising, because of an extraordinary
> >mistake by Egyptian television, was that Mr. Bush would be caught
unawares
> >on camera today speaking about the Middle East with more bluntness,
emotion
> >and religious fervor than had been heard before.
> >
> >Anyone who has regularly watched Mr. Bush in speeches and news
conferences
> >could tell in an instant that he had no idea that his remarks to five
> >moderate Arab leaders were being broadcast for public consumption. He was
> >colloquial, and referred to "Almighty God."
> >
> >By late afternoon, Mr. Bush's aides acknowledged that the president had
not
> >known the cameras were rolling as he spoke. Subsequently, White House
> >transcribers scrambled to record his comments from network tapes.
> >
> >Speaking the direct language of a politician willing to take a dangerous
> >gamble - as long as the others were, too - Mr. Bush made his comments
just
> >after he had spent 90 minutes in an unscheduled meeting with the five
Arab
> >leaders, with only interpreters present.
> >
> >"No matter how difficult it is, you have my commitment that I will expend
> >the energy and effort necessary to move the process forward," Mr. Bush
told
> >the leaders as they gathered for a second meeting, this one with multiple
> >aides.
> >
> >At one point the president turned to look directly at the new Palestinian
> >prime minister, Mahmoud Abbas, a man in whom he had invested political
> >capital and was meeting for the first time. "You, sir, have got a
> >responsibility, and you've assumed it," the president said. "I want to
work
> >with you, as do the other leaders here. We must not allow a few people, a
> >few killers, a few terrorists, to destroy the dreams and the hopes of the
> >many."
> >
> >With that, Mr. Bush turned his attention to Israel, particularly its
prime
> >minister, Ariel Sharon, who was not at the table, but will be on
Wednesday
> >in Jordan.
> >
> >"Israel has got responsibilities," Mr. Bush said. "Israel must deal with
the
> >settlements. Israel must make sure there's a continuous territory that
> >Palestinians call home." (The White House, which late in the day produced
a
> >transcript of Mr. Bush's remarks, put the word "contiguous" in
parentheses
> >after "continuous," to indicate that "contiguous" was what Mr. Bush had
> >meant.)
> >
> >For Mr. Bush, the stop in this jewel of a manufactured oasis on the edge
of
> >Bedouin lands was his first big step into the Middle East conflict. Few
knew
> >precisely what had occurred between Mr. Bush and the five Arab leaders,
> >because they did not even allow in note-takers. Rarely has Mr. Bush gone
so
> >solo. Afterward, the five leaders pledged they would fight the "culture
of
> >extremism and violence" that has undercut peace, and act to control the
flow
> >of money to terrorist groups.
> >
> >Mr. Bush sat at a round table with his host, President Hosni Mubarak of
> >Egypt. Joining them were Mr. Abbas, Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi
Arabia,
> >King Abdullah II of Jordan and King Hamad of Bahrain.
> >
> >Mr. Bush won good reviews on his performance from Arab leaders, who
> >expressed relief and gratitude that he had at last come to their region.
His
> >goal today was to enlist support of the Arab leaders behind Mr. Abbas,
also
> >known as Abu Mazen, whom he wants to promote as the leader of the
> >Palestinians over the administration's nemesis, Yasir Arafat. In one
moment
> >caught by an Egyptian TV camera, Mr. Bush and Mr. Abbas could be seen
> >smiling and talking to each other off to the side of the other leaders
and
> >officials.
> >
> >"By the time the lunch was over, they looked like they were old pals from
a
> >long time ago," said a high-ranking Saudi official. "The ability of the
> >president to move from different personalities to different types of
> >people - if it was never tested before, it was certainly tested today."
The
> >president, the Saudi official said, had shown his "seriousness" about the
> >process.
> >
> >So far, Mr. Bush has shown no signs of fatigue or impatience on this
> >seven-day, six-nation journey, as he did on a trip to Europe a year ago.
One
> >difference is that this time Mr. Bush is the victor of the war in Iraq,
more
> >in control, with far more power to wield. He also appears to be having a
> >good time: This afternoon he grinned as he drove Mr. Mubarak by golf cart
> >from the Four Seasons Hotel to an outdoor news conference on a bluff
> >overlooking the sea, where the president was then seen to kiss King Hamad
on
> >both cheeks.
> >
> >Mr. Bush was also evidently comfortable enough to talk to the Arabs about
> >his own religion. "I believe that, as I told the Crown Prince, the
Almighty
> >God has endowed each individual on the face of the earth with - that
expects
> >each person to be treated with dignity," Mr. Bush said in the remarks
that
> >he did not know were being broadcast. "This is a universal call. It's the
> >call of all religions, that each person must be free and treated with
> >respect."
> >
> >It is with that call, Mr. Bush concluded, "that I feel passionate about
the
> >need to move forward."
>
> --
> --------------------------------------------------
> "You can fool some of the people all of the time,
> and those are the ones we need to concentrate on."
> George W. Bush, Washington DC, March 2001
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