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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I'm this close to going postal on them
You are disillusioned by comments posted on FR lately; I am disillusioned by Bush lately. I signed on in 2004 amidst the height of election fever. The MemoGate story is what brought my attention here. I believed in Bush, and bought into the public image he projected--a strong, decisive leader with the will to do what's right.
That veil is torn. Bush has no idea what he's doing, and is controlled by other politicians and events. He has been coasting for a while, and now after the elections he finds himself in a free-fall. People wanted to support him after 9-11 and for a time that helped mask his flaws. The 9-11 Patriotism Effect is gone, and his bungling on delivering anything he promised in the Campaign 2004 has shown him to be weak.
You say I don't know how government works. Maybe not, but neither does Bush. He just repeats the same tired slogans while he becomes more and more isolated and irrelevant.
I had been posting mostly on general/sports threads for a while now, after I had seen the real Bush. I didn't want to go on political threads and play pretend, saying the usual lines of "rope-a-dope," "don't play Poker with W!," etc. I don't believe it and I'm sure a lot of others don't anymore either. After the elections exposed what Bush had done to the GOP, I felt I could stop pretending and start posting what I believed to be true. Others have come to the same conclusion.
You and others still fervently support Bush. That's fine, I hope he is equal to the abilities you attribute to him. I hope he can still make his Presidency a success. Right now I have to say the chances of that are pretty slim, but you never know.
However, calling everyone a Troll who does not suscribe to your rosy worldview is not a good idea. If everyone who doesn't think Bush is a Top 5 President were to be banned, this place would be quite lame. There's only so many times one can read threads about how "Bush is sandbagging the Demoncrats, he's tricking the Treasonous Media and Iraq will be a great Ally in the WOT."
Deserving ain't got nothing to do with it.
THAT my FRiend... is clearly their plan and has been all along.
Once you see their 'objective' it's all plain as day.
You specifically called many FReepers trolls, singling out the 2004 and later crowd. I am a 2004 signer-on. You said you wouldn't ignore this type of poster anymore, because we are the enemy. Earlier in the thread you called me a newbie. You were responding to my post in which I expressed dissatisfaction with Bush. The implication is clear. Because I am not a devotee of Bush, I am an enemy at loggerheads with your ideal FR.
You're painting with a mighty broad brush here....
If the shoe fits.
Prove me wrong.
Yeah, nice speech. I remember it.
Kindly point me to the "bragging" part, Bunky. That part I missed.
Thanks.
Oh, for Heaven's sake...Pres. Bush did this literally hundreds of times over the last 6 years...where have you been?
There has been no President more loyal toward a Defense secy...and remember that Rummy was the longest serving in US history, due in no small part to Bush's steadily standing for him thru attack after attack.
Well, goodie for you.
Have fun with your tantrums.
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Read all my posts, you won't find me trashing the President. I am neither a Troll a Bott or a Basher and you are being quite arrogant with your higher-than-mighty comments. I don't know what or who crawled under your skin today, but it's not pretty.
Bush's capital did get Alito and Roberts on the court
Bush is distracting the world's attention from Iraq to Washington while he ramps up the second stage of the Roach Motel.
Imagine a carefully staged repeat of the Iran-Iraq war that decimated both countries for eight years.
Only this time throw in a Saudi Arabia scared to death of Iranian nukes, plus millions of Iranian child suicide bombers.
BUMP
Have you even LOOKED or READ the posts on FR lately? If you are a conservative, you'd be disturbed at the liberal slant that's been the main stream posts on this forum. But, you go ahead with your 'faux' conservative comments, obviously, you're better than me.
VP, they're probably right. Hillary has the donors and mainstream support.
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