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Originally Posted by BBKing
Donald Rumsfeld, on the other hand, met him twice, and tried to flog him a pipeline deal with a U.S. company. Also pretty reprehensible. Damn George and you damn Rummy twice.
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Well, there is a bit of a difference between making a pilgrimage to meet a vicious dictator and telling him how marvellous you think he is, and being sent there by your employer as part of your work and told to be nice to him. Also TBF people's perception of him in the early 80s was a bit different. He'd only been in power a couple of years.
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she failed to represent the views of her constituents is the decision that's cost her her seat.
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She didn't do too badly, and she is an incumbant after all. I saw on the news today some muslims saying they were fed up with him coming down to mosques pretending to be muslim, and using them to have a pop at Blair over Iraq, and that sounds pretty plausible to me. In that area I dare say they are plenty who shared Galloway's sentiments in running.