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ANALYSIS: Bush's vision, and the region, appear to be near collapse
San Francisco Chronicle ^
| 7/19/6
| Marc Sandalow
Posted on 07/19/2006 1:19:56 PM PDT by SmithL
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posted on
07/19/2006 1:20:02 PM PDT
by
SmithL
To: SmithL
The dems have put all their eggs in the losing basket.
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posted on
07/19/2006 1:21:09 PM PDT
by
js1138
(Well I say there are some things we don't want to know! Important things!")
To: SmithL
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posted on
07/19/2006 1:21:40 PM PDT
by
yobid
(Islam is a disease and death is the cure)
To: SmithL
The death toll in Lebanon and Israel, which exceeds 250 in the past week, is a grim reminder that the sectarian violence in Baghdad 500 miles to the east is but one of many hotspots in a region that has been plagued by violence for more than 1,000 years. But this guy thinks Bush should have it all solved in four years, eh?
And I guess he fails to notice how almost all the Arab states have told the Palis and Hizbollah to go pound sand - that alone is a sea change in Middle East politics.
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posted on
07/19/2006 1:21:52 PM PDT
by
dirtboy
(Glad to see the ink was still working in Bush's veto pen, now that he wisely used it on this bill)
The fact that the SFComicle and the Carter Administration are squawking tells me that this is going exactly right.
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posted on
07/19/2006 1:22:18 PM PDT
by
SmithL
(The fact that they can't find Hoffa is proof that he never existed.)
To: SmithL
This is Bush's vision. Strong Israel, Annihilation of Hezbubba, Democratic Iraq, Iraq marginalized and Al-Queerda on the run ...........
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posted on
07/19/2006 1:22:47 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Is Castro dead yet?........)
To: SmithL
Dude this is a triple barf alert. A 7 year old special ed kid could write a more coherent and convincing analysis.
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posted on
07/19/2006 1:23:18 PM PDT
by
pissant
To: SmithL
I sometimes wonder if Saddam was the only one that realized the Shiites were maniacs and killing them scared the beejesus out of Iran.
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posted on
07/19/2006 1:23:58 PM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Democrats - The reason we need term limits)
To: SmithL
I think they don't understand Bush's vision. Freedom and democracy cannot coexist with extremists who believe everyone should do things their way or DIE.
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posted on
07/19/2006 1:24:00 PM PDT
by
petitfour
To: dirtboy
"And I guess he fails to notice how almost all the Arab states have told the Palis and Hizbollah to go pound sand - that alone is a sea change in Middle East politics."
If our media were impartial, that whould be the headline but it isn't even in the story.
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posted on
07/19/2006 1:24:12 PM PDT
by
L98Fiero
(I'm worth a million in prizes.)
To: js1138
And the Dems heads will soon be in baskets if they continue to collude with the enemy, their propaganda for the Islamic Cults will kill all of us.
To: SmithL
"The oft-stated hope that a new Iraqi government would swiftly transform the region's fractured politics..." Where was this oft-stated except as some lefty straw man? I don't recall Bush ever saying change would be rapid. In fact, I recall him saying change would take quite a long time so we best be getting to it now.
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posted on
07/19/2006 1:24:50 PM PDT
by
telebob
To: SmithL
At least the Israelis don't have to worry about Iraqi Scuds this time around. All the easier for them to take out the local trash.
To: SmithL
Ahem. Not to disturb the little reporters tiny brain, but aren't we lucky that Saddam is out of power and can't launch scuds at Israel like he did in '91? Not that facts matter to most reporters or anything.
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posted on
07/19/2006 1:25:29 PM PDT
by
Peach
(Prayers for our dear friends in Israel.)
To: SmithL
The death toll in Lebanon and Israel, which exceeds 250 in the past week, is a grim reminder that the sectarian violence in Baghdad 500 miles to the east is but one of many hotspots in a region that has been plagued by violence for more than 1,000 years.
Again, a liberal media source chooses to use only the numbers of dead in Lebanon and completely ignore the death toll in Israel, nor do they count the death toll from attacks prior to Israel's retribution against terrorists.
As to the meat of the article, that the region is less stable due to the invasion of Iraq, or as stable as it once was, Israel is invading another country to go after terrorists, and Egypt is fighting terrorists, Saudi Arabia is fighting terrorists, Jordan is fighting terrorists, and yes, even Syria is fighting terrorists. The cheerleaders in the MSM haven't gotten their much desired regional conflict.
It just chokes them that on a geopolitic scale, the region is far more stable than ever before.
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posted on
07/19/2006 1:25:38 PM PDT
by
kingu
(Yeah, I'll vote in 2006, just as soon as a party comes along who listens.)
To: SmithL
The fact that Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt want Hezbollah crushed didn't seem to make it into this analysis. Gee, maybe the SF Chronicle should finance a trip by Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton to broker a peace with Hezbollah, Syria and Iran. As I remember those two dimwits vision of the mideast came out just as they expected it to. Save me from SF morons.
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posted on
07/19/2006 1:25:42 PM PDT
by
tigtog
To: L98Fiero
A little help, is there an election coming up soon?
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posted on
07/19/2006 1:26:02 PM PDT
by
bybybill
(`IF THE RATS WIN, WE LOSE)
To: SmithL
Ah the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies has weighed in on the subject. No further discussion needed.
To: petitfour
Some scholars view the situation from the opposite direction. Coit Blacker, director of Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford, believes that "there is no answer to the Arab-Israel conflict until the nature of politics within the region changes substantially.''
Yes we need to kill all terrorists and the "nature of politics will change".
Dumb ass
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posted on
07/19/2006 1:27:06 PM PDT
by
crosslink
(Moderates should play in the middle of a busy street)
To: SmithL
I guess Marc Sandalow doesn't understand the concept of an Axis of Evil. Iran is part of it. And Hezbollah is their baby.
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