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Last Updated: Thursday, 14 February 2008, 20:10 GMT
Bush defends US record on Darfur
US President George W Bush has defended his decision not to send troops to the Sudanese region of Darfur, despite what he calls a genocide taking place there.

He called it a "seminal decision" not to intervene with force, taken partly out of the desire not to send US troops into another Muslim country.

Mr Bush was speaking to BBC World News America before flying to Africa.

He also discussed controversy over China's Olympics - saying he would attend the event as scheduled.

After Hollywood director Steven Spielberg withdrew his assistance to the Olympics in protest at China's policy towards Darfur, Mr Bush said he would not be taking a similar stance.

"I view the Olympics as a sporting event," he told the BBC's Matt Frei.
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"Seminal decision". Isn't that the synonym for "dick move"?

"I view the Olympics as a sporting event." Really, sir? I had no idea. I thought it was a dog show. Where they cook the dogs.

Date: 2008-02-15 02:11 pm (UTC)
cellio: (demons-of-stupidity)
From: [personal profile] cellio
The criteria for seminal decisions sure have changed, haven't they?

And since when has he cared about invading Muslim countries? Surely he could have fabricated a better excuse to cover up "there's no profit in it".

Date: 2008-02-15 02:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] marmota.livejournal.com
Oh, sure. Just like it was just a sporting event in 1980, when the US
boycotted. Oh, wait... that was over the invasion of Afghanistan,
wasn't it? My, how awkward.

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