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Peggy Noonan: Bush Makes the Right Move
Opinion Journal
| 04/05/2002
| Peggy Noonan
Posted on 04/04/2002 8:06:56 PM PST by Pokey78
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To: Jeff Chandler
Good idea!
Methinks that something is going on between the US and Israel that is clandestine in nature. President Bush gave the Israelies time to accomplish what they needed to do while coming out with a position that minimizes the anti-US fires in the Arab world.
The Islam world is heating up to a pro-war explosion. Something has to be done to cool that process while bringing protection to an acceptable level. Was this the reason for the speech?
President Bush may need time for certain military assets to be in place, or more time for the construction of missiles and other necessities. He's playing for time, be it to cool tempers or to horde weapons and personnel it's fine with me.
To: 4ourprogeny
Noonan: once a leftist, always a leftist.This is a rather silly remark. Isn't the old adage, "Anyone under 30 who isn't liberal has no heart, anyone over 30 who isn't conservative has no brains"? You not only insult President Reagan's best speech-writer, but you also alienate every person who has ever 'grown-up', and you exclude any possibility of increasing the number of us on the right through reasoned arguments and education. Either your logic circuit has been turned off, your Christian forgiveness has malfunctioned, or your political sensibilities are counter-productive. In any of the 3 cases, you certainly don't help the Right by expressing yourself in that manner.
To: Harrison Bergeron
Excellent post.
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posted on
04/05/2002 5:56:55 AM PST
by
ohioWfan
To: Miss Marple
Yes, and Powell is thoroughly despised around here. Annoying.
To: Benjamin Dover
For the first time in 8 years, we have a President we can trust. So trust him. Not all is as it seems; or as it is as reported in the press. His ability to stumble into brilliance is not an accident.Well said! Thanks.
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posted on
04/05/2002 6:20:38 AM PST
by
mombonn
To: fire and forget, M. Thatcher, The Great Satan, OhioWfan
Thanks. It's refreshing to get a break from the CFR and "Patriot Act" threads, where I'm labeled as a die hard "Bush hater."
To: Pokey78
As most people can't think, chew and shoot at the same time, his specificity may turn out to have been a contribution.Interesting formulation of a strategy for improving the situation.
To: 11B3
I remember quite well how pissed off both right and left wing Jews were at Bush in the end. For all the good he did (and I voted for him), he did a number of things which cost Jews lives.
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posted on
04/05/2002 6:51:13 AM PST
by
Nachum
To: Pokey78
hi pokey
thanks for the article and for the ping
Peggy Noonan was a little late in the game herself in appreciating George Bush's quiet serenity and balanced thought
(she didn't understand who he was till September before the election)
I prayed passionately for peace between Israelis and Palestinians
I appreciate President Bush's attempt at peace making now
Love, Palo
To: Pokey78; Harrison Bergeron
Peggy heard the same speech that I did and she analyzes more objectively than any talking head on the news programs after the speech.
Harrison: It does seem more than a coincidence that these Iraqi sponsored attacks have intensified since there are rumours of a campaign against Saddam. It seems he is provoking a deadly diversion.
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posted on
04/05/2002 7:06:23 AM PST
by
Brasil
To: Brasil
It seems he [Sadaam] is provoking a deadly diversion." ...and cementing anti-American/anti-Israel sentiment throughout the Arab world so much so that even Kuwait has come out against an American attack in Iraq.
To: Benjamin Dover
Amen!! We all sit in front of our monitors second guessing, and assuming we know better...based on what we have been told by a dubious press. Remember, we only know what we see on TV or read. Bush has the best minds and most experienced participants in the world to rely on as advisors. If we only knew what he knows, and what burdens he must shoulder, most here would faint at the ramifications. He balances politics, public approval, misdirections to our adversaries, his own personal opinions, Congressional interference, a media that despises him, differing opinions among his inner circle, world opinion, forging alliances with other leaders...all while worrying about our own economy and this little war we have of our own. Well said. I was thinking along similar lines myself and was going to post when I ran accross yours.
It bears repeating.
To: maica
Thanks for your comments. I am appalled by all the whiners on FR lately. It surely is tunnel vision. Nah, it's just a matter of being able to freely bloviate about policy and what Bush "should have done," without ever having to worry about any consequences beyond what shows up on the "Replies" page.
It's awfully rare to see the usual suspects consider any consequences beyond the next day or two.
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posted on
04/05/2002 7:28:46 AM PST
by
r9etb
To: M. Thatcher
I think it is worth noting that Powell was not sent to the Middle East immediately, giving the Israelis time to "finish up".
To: Harrison Bergeron
Sadaam is doing everything in his power to make sure that the masses associate any attacks on Iraq not with terrorism against the United States, but with the Palestinian issue. The current flare up on the West Bank is just a trap set to widen the theatre and weaken the Bush coalition. Bush has done an admirable job of not falling for it.I have felt all along that Saddam was behind the latest spate of suicide bombings, even BEFORE I heard he was buying the children of the poor Arabs so they could blow themselves up! I'm not expecting Bush to be able to solve the problems in the Middle East. I'm glad he's thinking more of the needs of the US, though he made it perfectly clear in his speech that he is a friend of Israel as well. We can't expect results in that area of the world overnight; it will take years. The best Bush can do is try to keep it from exploding into a nuclear holocaust!
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posted on
04/05/2002 7:45:29 AM PST
by
SuziQ
To: fire and forget
It was the Reagan "Revolution" talk that started it. They think they are on some crusade-- so they become loopy idealists. They don't realize that winning half-victories are better than whole-losses.
To: Pokey78
Thanks you Pokey, for the ping!
Just to let you know, I appreciate all of your posts.
To: ikka
First, in a piece written a few weeks ago, she defends crack-smoking mushroom-eating Alan Sorkin for his liberal spew show on NBC, called the "Left Wing". Now she supports and lauds Bush backing down from supporting Israel.
Bye-bye Peggy.
The political Taliban speaks.
To: Jeff Chandler
You make sense. Peggy is a great wordsmith, but she seems to have lost her anchor. I agree Peggy is brilliant. She can sell any idea no matter how wrong. On first reading this article I was sold, but my belief in governing princples revolted. I believe the Bush administration has made a blunder. I hope to see them remedy it. Already they are giving Israel more time to complete the operation. But they must deal with Arafat as he deserves, to set matters right.
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posted on
04/05/2002 6:50:17 PM PST
by
Eagle74
To: traditionalist
Bush is the president of the US, not Israel, and for once an American president is putting the interests of his own country over that of Israel. While his action probably won't help Israelis, it will help Americans; we need the cooperation of moderate Arab governements such as Jordan's, Egypt's, and the Gulf States in are war on Al Qaeda, and we won't get that cooperation unless we put Israel on a leash. I disagree, this was a blunder. Weakening our terrorist policy will gain us no respect. And gaining Arab support to place another democracy in the middle-east, when they can't tolerate the one there now(Israel), is hopeless. The only reason we had their support in the Gulf war, was because we were replacing an authoritarian regime. Had we wanted to completely defeat and install a democracy, only Kuwait would have supported us. The only way to end the middle-east conflict is to break the will to fight of the authoritarian establishment. Which means overthrowing every monarch, dictator, and theocracy in the arab world.
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posted on
04/05/2002 7:06:45 PM PST
by
Eagle74
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