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  Saturday  May 29  2004    10: 08 PM

a message from our elected president

Where was this Al Gore four years ago when we needed him? Better late then never. Read this.

Bush Promised Us Humility; Brought Us Humiliation
by Al Gore


George W. Bush promised us a foreign policy with humility. Instead, he has brought us humiliation in the eyes of the world.

He promised to "restore honor and integrity to the White House." Instead, he has brought deep dishonor to our country and built a durable reputation as the most dishonest President since Richard Nixon.

Honor? He decided not to honor the Geneva Convention. Just as he would not honor the United Nations, international treaties, the opinions of our allies, the role of Congress and the courts, or what Jefferson described as "a decent respect for the opinion of mankind." He did not honor the advice, experience and judgment of our military leaders in designing his invasion of Iraq. And now he will not honor our fallen dead by attending any funerals or even by permitting photos of their flag-draped coffins.

How did we get from September 12th , 2001, when a leading French newspaper ran a giant headline with the words "We Are All Americans Now" and when we had the good will and empathy of all the world -- to the horror that we all felt in witnessing the pictures of torture in Abu Ghraib.

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[Update: 10:30AM]

Here is a link to an archived broadcast of Al's speech. Listen. Al is on fire!

Al Gore's Speech on Iraq

  thanks to American Samizdat