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How to Shrink American Power
Commentary Magazine ^ | Marc Kasowitz

Posted on 04/30/2009 11:39:44 AM PDT by Scanian

As President of the United States, it is not overly difficult to be liked, if that is what you want. The way you do that is to tell people what they want to hear. Tell the world that the United States has been arrogant and uncaring and has made lots of mistakes and is responsible for lots of the world's most serious problems, but that you are going to change all that. Tell the Iranians that you are repudiating the prior administration's posture toward them, and that they are not part of the Axis of Evil, and that you are going to reach out and build a "bridge" to them, even if their leader says that America is the enemy, Israel should be destroyed, and is working on a nuclear bomb to make good on that threat; tell the Russians that you are repudiating the prior administration's policy toward them, that you want to "reset" your relationship with them, and that you will be willing to dismantle your missile defenses even though those defenses relate to possible attacks from other sources (like Iran), and even though Russia herself has shown a historic and recent willingness to invade neighbors; tell the Muslims that the prior administration was wrong to wage a war against Islam and that you want to build a bridge instead, even though the prior administration's war was not against Islam or Muslims but against terrorists, and that "war" has succeeded in protecting the United States from any terrorist attack since 9/11

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: appeasement; democrats; dho44; groveling; leftists; obama

1 posted on 04/30/2009 11:39:45 AM PDT by Scanian
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To: Scanian

Been saying this all along. He knocks America down to build himself up.

He has bigger aspirations than being President of the United States.


2 posted on 04/30/2009 11:42:43 AM PDT by ryan71 (Time to buy guns and ammo, People.)
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To: ryan71

Change one little statement. He knocks America down to his level.

If you really want to tear American down, elect a socialistic communist.


3 posted on 04/30/2009 11:46:48 AM PDT by RC2 (FREEDOM)
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