BRITS MOCK BUSH INAUGURATION PLEDGE
Thu Jan 20 2005 23:05:29 ET
Editors of major London newspapers wasted no time mocking President Bush's inauguration address.
Assorted splash headlines will greet readers on Friday morning:
"BUSH: HAVE I GOT NUKES FOR YOU, George Bush pledged all-out global war on terrorists and tyrants," headlines the STAR.
"POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE, The band played Hail to the Chief. A 21-gun salute sounded. Then, protected by a bullet-proof shield, President George Bush repeated his message to the enemies of democracy," screams the INDEPENDENT.
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The TELEGRAPH slapped: "DEFIANT BUSH DOESN'T MENTION THE WAR, President George W Bush began his second term in unapologetic style yesterday, pledging to maintain his muscular foreign policy and spread freedom "to the darkest corners of the world."
The TIMES rips: "HIS SECOND-TERM MISSION: TO END TYRANNY ON EARTH, Four years ago he was the Accidental President, scion of a ruling family propelled into the highest office more by genetics and duty than by political zeal and ideological mission."
The GUARDIAN: "SMILES FOR THE FAMILY, A FIERY WARNING FOR THE WORLD."
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