Are they going to tell them to just STFU, get out of our face, that we are BUSY in Iraq, and to go urinate up a rope?
Or, are they going to be POLITICALLY CORRECT, urged by pansies in the State Department to play this big Italian game, waste our time, get the subject off of Growing Democracy in Iraq, and on to the saga of some stupid, Anti-Americn Communist Italian getting shot by our boys doing their duties?
President Bush and his State Department, which one will it be?
One of my late Father's favorite expressions. I always wondered where it came from. I assumed it was a regional, or Navy expression.
They are not mutually exclusive. Bush has the final say on US foreign policy and Condi works for him. The State Department implements foreign policy, which is formulated by the foreign affairs agencies within the USG and approved by the President.
There are foreign policy considerations since Italy is part of the coalition with troops on the ground in Iraq. Bush can't just dismiss the Italian reaction by telling them to "STFU, get out of our face, that we are BUSY in Iraq, and to go urinate up a rope."
President Bush and his State Department, which one will it be?
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