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Bush's Shift: Being Patient With Foes (Wm Kristol call Bush policy "Clintonian")
New York Times ^ | July 9 06 | David Sanger

Posted on 07/11/2006 9:34:46 PM PDT by churchillbuff

"We'll be deliberate, yet time is not on our side," [Bush] said in one of the most-quoted passages of what became the signature speech of his administration. "I will not wait on events, while dangers gather."...

Yet to some conservatives who backed Mr. Bush's decision in Iraq, "standing by and waiting" is the essence of Mr. Bush's current strategy.

Nicholas Eberstadt of the American Enterprise Institute wrote in The Wall Street Journal after North Korea's missile tests last week that North Korea had achieved more "strategic successes" under the Bush administration than it had under President Clinton.

"Apparently unwilling to move against North Korea's nuclear challenges by itself, and evidently incapable of fashioning a practical response involving allies and others, the Bush administration's response to Pyongyang's atomic provocations is today principally characterized by renewed calls for additional rounds of toothless conference diplomacy," he wrote.

This weekend in The Weekly Standard, William Kristol, another prominent conservative voice, wrote: "The red lines, pink lines, and mauve lines of U.S. foreign policy seem increasingly to be written in erasable ink. What was 'unacceptable' to President Bush a week ago (a North Korean missile launch) has been accepted." He called the current policy "Clintonian."

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To: Howlin

Nice try : ) Why don't you quit worrying about me, and continue posting your innocuous drivel.


21 posted on 07/11/2006 10:02:33 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Taglines for sale or rent. Good "one liners", 50 cents.)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

It's not a "try."

It's the forum rules from the Admin Moderator.

Take a hint.


22 posted on 07/11/2006 10:03:52 PM PDT by Howlin (Pres.Bush ought to be ashamed of himself for allowing foreign countries right on our borders!!~~Zook)
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To: stephenjohnbanker


You're very rude.
Tick tock.


23 posted on 07/11/2006 10:04:32 PM PDT by onyx (Deport the trolls --- send them back to DU)
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To: John Lenin

"W's foreign policy has been brilliant so far"

Yep. He should try using some brilliance at home, though.


24 posted on 07/11/2006 10:04:56 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Taglines for sale or rent. Good "one liners", 50 cents.)
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To: onyx; Howlin

And you and Howlin are the epitome of kindness and gentleness with people who disagree with you.........

R O T F L M B O


25 posted on 07/11/2006 10:06:52 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Taglines for sale or rent. Good "one liners", 50 cents.)
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To: Howlin

Bump


26 posted on 07/11/2006 10:09:19 PM PDT by MEG33 (In Memory of Maggie Marine, LadyX....)
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To: stephenjohnbanker; Howlin; onyx
And I'll join Howlin and Onyx. Every single thread doesn't beg your immigration needle.
27 posted on 07/11/2006 10:10:03 PM PDT by Dolphy
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To: MEG33

Don't bother reading any further; the thread is ruined, which I'm sure is the desired outcome.


28 posted on 07/11/2006 10:10:17 PM PDT by Howlin (Pres.Bush ought to be ashamed of himself for allowing foreign countries right on our borders!!~~Zook)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

Disagreement has nothing to do with it -- you're a troll, taking left handed swipes at President Bush while pretending you're a supporter of his.

Very transparent and very rude.


29 posted on 07/11/2006 10:11:03 PM PDT by onyx (Deport the trolls --- send them back to DU)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

You are as phony as a $3 bill.


30 posted on 07/11/2006 10:11:12 PM PDT by John Lenin (If you are looking for a mind numb robot, I'm not it)
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To: stephenjohnbanker
.....You, on the other hand, just smell.

I see where this thread is going. Too bad.

31 posted on 07/11/2006 10:12:27 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

Isn't it.

It's a new "breed" of poster.


32 posted on 07/11/2006 10:15:01 PM PDT by Howlin (Pres.Bush ought to be ashamed of himself for allowing foreign countries right on our borders!!~~Zook)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

He's dead Jim


33 posted on 07/11/2006 10:15:09 PM PDT by woofie ("Romper, bomper, stomper, boo. Tell me, tell me, tell me do.Magic mirror, tell me today.)
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To: Dolphy; Howlin

Amen


34 posted on 07/11/2006 10:16:14 PM PDT by MEG33 (In Memory of Maggie Marine, LadyX....)
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To: Dolphy

He;s getting a well deserved timeout or a permanent vacation.


35 posted on 07/11/2006 10:17:07 PM PDT by onyx (Deport the trolls --- send them back to DU)
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To: Southack

Thank you, Southack!


36 posted on 07/11/2006 10:18:18 PM PDT by MEG33 (In Memory of Maggie Marine, LadyX....)
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To: onyx; Dolphy; MEG33; woofie

He'll just come back again with yet another nickname.


37 posted on 07/11/2006 10:18:59 PM PDT by Howlin (Pres.Bush ought to be ashamed of himself for allowing foreign countries right on our borders!!~~Zook)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

TIME OUT CALLED>>LOL!


38 posted on 07/11/2006 10:20:13 PM PDT by MEG33 (In Memory of Maggie Marine, LadyX....)
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To: onyx

5,4,3,2,1 Is he on LP yet?


39 posted on 07/11/2006 10:21:16 PM PDT by Texasforever (I have neither been there nor done that.)
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To: Dolphy

This is a much more subtle approach:

" I was talking to Zsa Zsa and Muffy the other day about the lack of immigration policy in the Bush administation. Muuffy said she agreed with (insert name)and its interesting that this column quotes him/her about (fill in the blank)


40 posted on 07/11/2006 10:21:30 PM PDT by woofie ("Romper, bomper, stomper, boo. Tell me, tell me, tell me do.Magic mirror, tell me today.)
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