Bas...rd hypocrite

Part of George Bush's State of the Union speech in January 2003:
"Today, on the continent of Africa, nearly 30 million people have the AIDS virus -- including 3 million children under the age 15. There are whole countries in Africa where more than one-third of the adult population carries the infection. More than 4 million require immediate drug treatment. Yet across that continent, only 50,000 AIDS victims -- only 50,000 -- are receiving the medicine they need.
Because the AIDS diagnosis is considered a death sentence, many do not seek treatment. Almost all who do are turned away. A doctor in rural South Africa describes his frustration. He says, "We have no medicines. Many hospitals tell people, you've got AIDS, we can't help you. Go home and die." In an age of miraculous medicines, no person should have to hear those words. (Applause.)
AIDS can be prevented. Anti-retroviral drugs can extend life for many years. And the cost of those drugs has dropped from $12,000 a year to under $300 a year -- which places a tremendous possibility within our grasp. Ladies and gentlemen, seldom has history offered a greater opportunity to do so much for so many."

And here is excerpt of the latest development; US may bar poor nations from cheap AIDS drug:
"The US government is threatening to obstruct low-income countries from accessing generic HIV/AIDS drugs approved by the World Health Organization, a human rights group charged on Friday.
The US, it said, is convening a conference in Botswana on Monday that may challenge WHO's approval of generic copies of patented AIDS drugs."

"The United States stands alone in opposing these safe, inexpensive and WHO-certified generic medicines," said said Joanne Csete, director of the HIV/AIDS Programme at Human Rights Watch."

The guy has watched too many Hollywood movies where the heroes are heroes only in the movies. How could he lie so easily? How could he live with himself?

Thanks to Stageleft for pointing to this hypocrisy.