Posted on 01/01/2005 10:12:17 AM PST by SmithL
WASHINGTON -- The three countries President Bush called an "axis of evil" in his first term are at the top of his foreign policy to-do list in the second, along with a revitalized Mideast peace process and continued efforts to repair European alliances frayed by the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
War and reconstruction in Iraq are likely to continue to command more attention than any other international issues, at least for the first couple of years of Bush's new term.
"The first priority has got to be getting Iraq right," said Max Boot, a conservative expert on national security at the Council on Foreign Relations.
But in the short run, the Bush administration also must juggle a complicated response to the devastation from tsunamis across South Asia amid some international sniping that the rich United States is not doing enough.
The massive relief effort -- for which the United States increased its financial aid commitment Friday to $350 million -- is drawing attention away from preparations for elections scheduled for Jan. 30 in Iraq, but the distraction will probably be brief.
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I say make a left turn on the way home and pop the pimple in Syria...
a little unfinished business from Beirut in 1983
Semper Fi,
Kelly
It's not like we don't have unfinished business with Iran, either.
no need to go to Iran...
let the locals take out their own trash.
all they need are the weapons which we will gladly supply.
btw
how 'bout them VOLS!
The Israelis will keep Syria in check, while the homies in Iraq will hopefully take care of business there.
I love it when a plan comes together.
Still, I wonder why the left is so distressed by all of this good news. It ain't as if they would be granted immunity by Al Qaeda, and others. They must be just stupid after all.
all they need are the weapons which we will gladly supply.
I hope we give at least $350 million to the Iranian insurgents.
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