MEDIA REACTION ON BUSH ADMINISTRATION, OCTOBER 4,

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SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION ON BUSH ADMINISTRATION, OCTOBER 4,
2005



1. Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El
Heraldo" on 10/3 titled "The Bush Government." "Now that
President Bush has successfully had his nominee for Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court, John Roberts, approved by
Congress, he stands before the growing ocean of difficulties
he is going through in his second term."

"The human, diplomatic, and financial costs of the illegal
and immoral war in Iraq, the photographs of the atrocities
committed by the U.S. military against Iraqi prisoners, the
demonstrations in favor of U.S. withdrawal, the
embarrassment at the management of the disaster caused by
Hurricane Katrina and the allegations of corruption in
handling the resources for Hurricane victims, the
implication of their involvement in criminal acts, the fall
of Bush's popularity and the loss of influence in Latin
America are some of the problems that plague the White
House"

"The errors of the Bush administration are many more, but
they are still kept secret thanks to the silence of the big
media conglomerates and the level of influence that the U.S.
has in international organizations, including the U.N.,
which is exemplified in the fact that it has agreed to carry
out an investigation into the disappearances that happened
during the Saddam Hussein regime, but no investigations will
be made in regard to the murders committed by the forces
occupying Iraq, nor for the hundreds of individuals who find
themselves in a legal limbo and in subhuman conditions in
Guantanamo, Afghanistan, and Iraq."

"The double-talk of the U.S. government in regard to
liberty, democracy, protection of human rights, and
terrorism, continues: the only nations considered democratic
are those ruled by governments obedient to their mandates,
and which fear their military, economic and political
power."

"The Bush administration, with its popularity at an all-time
low, must conduct a balancing act of epic proportions to
come out on top again with its internal and external
agenda."

Williard