Whatever happened to all of Bush's threats against countries who didn't support his invasion of Iraq?

Question

Remember when Bush was trying to get a UN resolution to authorize his invasion of Iraq? Nobody wanted to support the war, so Bush threatened them.

If Angola didn't vote yes, Bush would cut their aid.
If Mexico didn't vote yes, Bush would cut their immigration.
If Chile didn't vote yes, Bush would kill their free trade deal.

As it turned out, none of those countries supported the war. What ever happened to those threats? Did he do those things and we just didn't hear about them?

Or were they just the empty threats of a deluded, impotent leader of a fading power with no moral authority?

Answer 1

Actually they also threatenen pakistan too but pakistan instead got bought off.Noobody actually need us no more with china ect as alternatives.
We werent that powerful we used to be after dubya killed our economy

Answer 2

Those countries probably saw those threats as they were, which is empty. If you were someone who ever viewed Bush, or any other politician, as a moral authority then you should be parachuted over Iraq with the words "moral crusader" tatooed on your forehead.

How could anyone ever doubt the honesty or integrity of a politician? Politicians have a long track record of being honest, selfless, and moral. Frankly, I find it hard to believe that any politician has ever lied or even concerned themselves with making money.


Winner of Presidential Election = (Person who can raise the most cash) + (Person who can make the most empty promises) + (Person who can best trash, slander, and attack their oppponents)

Oh and by the way, make sure you get out and vote or as P.Diddy says, you will die if you dont. (P.Diddy = also a moral authority)

Answer 3

I like to call them the two creation stories of Genesis the first story which begins Genesis 1 and ends Genesis 2:3 the second story begins with Genesis 2:4 and continues onward. At the end of Genesis 1:27 it states that God created both man and woman which gave rise to the belief that man and woman were created at the same time in the same way in which the man was Adam and as the story goes the woman was Lilith. But of course you have to realize that the Lilith story is just that a story in fact the Hebrews didn't even give her a name the name originated latter on but the Lilith story is folklore. The Lilith story began during the Babylonian exile of the Jews but it would evolve during the Middle Ages in Europe.

Answer 4

Presently, I am reading Noam Chomsky’s book Profit Over People Neoliberalism and the Global Order which is a critique of our political and economic system. While I first heard the term neoliberalism more than a decade ago on short-wave radio, the term is not heard often in the mainstream media even today. It is as if this word, containing the middle string of characters, "liberal", is to be shunned and shied away from by those who profusely profess neoliberalism. Yet, the perpetrators of prejudice toward the word liberal have become their own victims to this latest name calling since they themselves are the neoliberals. It is the conservative US Capitalists who have trained the country to denigrate the L-world thereby having to distance themselves from the word itself. And who said that words are not powerful remakers and reshapers of the world we see or want to be seen?

Neoliberalism is the process by which the free enterprise system and its "democracy" are touted around the world as the only successful model for the world to emulate, while ignoring its enormous failures domestically and internation-ally. The "free market" philosophy is professed to be the only viable economic system on the planet yet those professing it are beneficiaries of anything but the free market. They receive incredible tax breaks and perks subsidized by the people struggling to make a decent living. "Free enterprise" institutions are excellent examples of non-democratic power structuring. Conservatives for the most part are neoliberals benefiting the most from government subsidies to corporations through moneys collected from the poorest in society and diverted upward to the top. Neoliberalism is a form of socialism for the rich ¾ a bad idea for the working and oppressed but a cherished ideal for the rich. Why should not all the people benefit from this highly touted philosophy?

In short college gave you a highly "educated " answer.

Answer 5

"Or were they just the empty threats of a deluded, impotent leader of a fading power with no moral authority?"

You know, the whole staggering and simple truth is rarely incapsulated in so economical a statement.

Answer 6

President Bush is a bag full of empty threats and unfulfilled promises.
Ever notice that Hitler threatened other nations if they didn't back him-both him and his country fell. and the countries that fought him prevailed. History has a tendency of repeating itself when forgotten....

Answer 7

they were they just the empty threats of a deluded, impotent leader of a fading power with no moral authority.

Answer 8

Those who do not follow the dictates of neo-liberalism quickly find themselves on the bad side of America.

The dictates of neoliberalism and its circulation of capital free market religion have become the entry credentials for countries, into the “community” of “democratic and free” nations.

Neoliberalism's prerequisites for nations to garner acceptance and receive assistance are a form of international blackmail. Severe penalties exist for non-compliance. A nation may be branded a pariah for choosing something other than the neo-liberal model. Not being on the Unites States' “most favored nation status” is one form of retribution. Being under the imposition of a devastating worldwide economic embargo is another. And, human rights do not matter much. China, a communist nation with its many violations, has been granted most favored nation status. Cuba, also a communist country, with its internationally acknowledged gains in social, medical, and educational services for the people, has not. Cuba's refusal to acquiesce to the dictatorship of free market capital circulation is to – neoliberalism – a much bigger crime, than China's violation of people's human rights. China exports cheap consumer goods to the United States and the world. Cuba exports human capital, its doctors and teachers, and imports tourists. One contributes to the dictatorship of the free market. The other resists. The political system matters little when a nation embraces the neoliberal model. Neither do the conditions under which people live. Globalization, for example, has brought the world both colonialism and contributed heavily to slavery. Profit came at the expense of the indigenous and the slaves.

To the dictatorship of free market capital circulation, only the neoliberal economic system and its survival matters. Totalitarian, democratic, non-democratic, communist and non communist, are welcome into the community of neoliberal nations, as long as the prerequisites for membership are adhered to, that is, that they embrace and participate in free trade without restrictions nor impediments. Neoliberal-accepting nations must place everything up for sale, the material as well as the human (worker) natural resources.

While one dictator, the former CIA asset, Saddam Hussein, was executed after the illegal occupation of Iraq, another dictatorship and oppressive monarchy next door in Saudi Arabia is embraced. Saddam bucked neoliberalism by nationalizing Iraq's oil industry, while the House of Saud embraces and is a major player in it. It is interesting to note, that while Iraq accepted and played along with neoliberalism, Saddam Hussein, was allowed to run his country any way that he wanted. Saddam's torture and gassing mattered not as long Saddam played by neoliberalism's rules. History records the brutal march of globalization:

(The Two Faced of Globalization, Against Globalization As We know It, Banko Milanovic, Development Research Group, Wold Bank).

Answer 9

They were threats of a deluded impotent leader.

Answer 10

Good question. Our government should never run on exploitation or fear. We should respect the views of our "allies" and not resort to the marbles concept of global control.