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The New Republic: Non-Engagement Can Sometimes Be The Wisest And Most Diplomatic Course
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- Posted by IRLiberal at 06:03 PM
Well said, sir! No more excuses and indignant chest pounding, you republicons blew it! You''re outta here! Go sleep with the fishes. - Reply to this comment
- Talking not always best strategy? Especially, when you do not know what you are talking about. Obama looked lost and confused yesterday.
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- Why would Osama say talking is not always the best course... that''s what he does.
That would be like Hugh Hefner''s girlfriends saying there''s more to life than being beautiful. - Reply to this comment
- On day 1 of a B Obama presidency, maybe he should ask for a meeting with Osama B. Maybe he can get an apology from Bin Laden for ruining NY''s skyline, and a promise to never do it again. In return, Barack would probably apologize for America.
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- An Obama campaign that preaches multilateralism but intends to engage Syria is going to find itself crossing those same parties most prominent in their opposition to Bush in Iraq, including France, the U.N., and Sunni Arabs, along with many institutions within his own government. In short, Obama will have shown that he had learned too little from either Bush''s successes or errors in making Middle East policy.
In the immediate future, Syria, has no other strategy except to wait and hope that a President Obama is just itching to reach out to them, merely to prove that he is smarter than George Bush.
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Not to forget this is Obama Politcal Patron Rezko''s home country.... - Reply to this comment
- The headline might as well have read "Pope picks nose" or "SinginRick finds image of Jesus in morning pancake".
WHERE IS BIN LADEN? That has really been the only relevant question that needs asking since the invasion of Afghanistan.
Seven years of war. Civil rights breached by our commander in chief. Internationally recognized torture sanctioned by the White House. Two invaded and currently occupied countries. Hundreds of thousands dead, including 4000 American soldiers. Billions of our tax dollars spent, and yes, are still being spent to this very moment.
Iraq, which had NOTHING to do with 9/11, is now an occupied country which will implode when we get out of it, whether that happens one, two, ten or five hundred years from now. A society that CHOOSES to be ruled by religion cannot become a democracy; it can only be a theocracy with voting cards.
Bin Laden still lives. The mastermind of 9/11 still walks free.
The one, simple word for this is: failure. No amount of deception, indignation or wailing by republicons can change these facts.
Failure of Bush. Failure of Cheney. Failure of the republicans.
Time for a change. - Reply to this comment
- George Bush fully engaged with Vladimir Putin, and conducted personal diplomacy. Visits to W''s ranch, visits to Vlad''s dacha, lots of vodka, caviar, barbecues, and beer. More comradery and conversation than you can shake a stick at. Look at where that got us... is Russia any more "free", any less militarized, any more of an ally, any less paranoid than it was before all of that began? NO! Nothing changed! The biggest change with that country occurred when Reagan built up our military and bankrupted the Soviet Union when they couldn''t match our strength. His most significant "conversation" with Gorbachev when he stood in West Berlin and told him to "tear down that wall". The rest is history. Strength begets results. Tea and crumpets begets a trip to the toilet and little else.
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CBS allows the right wing a free pulpit...
Might be nice if a left wing wacko got a column here too...- Reply to this comment
- "No kidding, big ego, naive, the hall ball of was. An Obama Presidency would put this country in harm''''s way. And Pelosi was such a fool.
Posted by mspiff at 05:09 PM : Apr 09, 2008"
Huh, so all the think tanks who have since come to the conclusion that the Bush policy of "ignore them" has pretty much failed miserably, they are the idiots and you are the smart one. We''ll just have to consult with you more often then won''t we. - Reply to this comment
- No kidding, big ego, naive, the hall ball of was. An Obama Presidency would put this country in harm''s way. And Pelosi was such a fool.
I''m with Mrs. Clinton - I hope she can win an uphill battle against the uber-liberal press. - Reply to this comment
- Obama has an ego as soaring as his rhetoric. Does he really think that he can win over Iran''s Amentaljob or Syria''s Asad by simply having a polite conversation with those leaders? Perhaps he fancies himself as someone who could have stopped the Third Reich from its goals of world domination if only he had been born 60 years earlier and had had a to chance to sit down for a chat with Adolph Hitler. Maybe some vodka, caviar, and pleasant discourse with Stalin could have prevented the Cold War, or some tea with Mao could have led to a democratic China. No, fanatical despots are all the same when it comes to power. The only thing they understand is the power and determination of the enemy; appeasement simply does not work, as we all know from our history books. They view that as a weakness. Obama would be America''s achilles heel.
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