Posted on 12/06/2006 2:06:31 PM PST by Sabramerican
JOHN Bolton's resignation as the American ambassador to the United Nations makes it official: The Bush administration is now drifting idly toward a mixture of centrism and impotence.
In less than a month, two of President Bush's stronger and more independent aides - Donald Rumsfeld and Bolton - have been dispatched. Rumsfeld's designated successor, former CIA head Robert Gates, is a leading member of the Beltway's permanent bureaucracy.
The administration seems to be waiting for the Baker-Hamilton commission of old Washington hands to dictate U.S. policy on Iraq. Leaks from the commission suggest it will recommend a gradual U.S. withdrawal camouflaged by negotiations with Iran and Syria over a new Mideast grand bargain.
All of this feeds an exaggerated defeatism in the United States over Iraq.
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Rumsfeld's abrupt firing was an act of flagrant disloyalty to a loyal subordinate. The defense secretary had made his share of mistakes - notably, his failure to crush looting immediately after the fall of Baghdad - but he had followed the president's policy faithfully.
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We don't know for certain the reasons for Bolton's departure: Either the White House wasn't prepared to fight for him, or he was no longer prepared to lend his voice to the diplomatic charade over Iran and North Korea. Either way, his departure demonstrates timidity on the administration's part. The net result will be that Bush has one less loyal subordinate in the shrinking ranks of his own administration.
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Imagine, if this was a dem president, things would be a completely different tone.
Pretty much. The planets were aligned, and W lost the telescope. What a waste.
April is the cruelest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.
We'd hoped for - and deserved - so much more.
Piffle.
Haven't seen that picture yet. Dam she sure looks EVIL there.
Huh..? Wake up to reality. Do you think the Republicans
won the last election, too?
What is so absurd is that he types this junk on a keyboard and posts it on the internet, like this made him somebody and President Bush a nobody. It's enough to make tears of laughter roll down your cheeks if it weren't so downright nasty.
I agree. At the time, I thought his bragging would bring him nothing but bad luck. Hubris always goes punished.
some posters here are no better than those at DU.
Bush leaves a very small footprint,
for a full two-term president.
The apple rolled very far away from the tree.
big time
So many newbies, so little time.
Is that your candidate?
Another poster who'd make a better president.
Drift to impotence? He's been going strong at it since 2004.
BUMP!
Then again, we never hear what a success Bosnia is. Oh, and we'd be out of there in 1998.
Ah, I see I've found the thread where they're all congregating today; you know, the "I supported Bush But" crowd.
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