US backs further from peacekeeping (Bush keeps another promise,liberals upset)

Asia Times ^ | 6/6/02 | Jim Lobe

[Fred Mertz]

WASHINGTON - The administration of President George W Bush has decided to close the US Army's Peacekeeping Institute (PKI), the only US government agency of its kind, say Pentagon officials.

I'm beginning to respect Bush again.

[anniegetyourgun]

Don't miss this.

[bybybill]

My favorite peace keeper is Chesty Puller

[RippleFire]

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[LarryLied]

Bush is getting on my nerves. He does these things we like and says nothing about them. You gotta go to the Asia Times for crying out loud to find out what he did.

[3catsanadog]

I'd like to know how many successes this PKI has had to its credit. The article mentioned the Somalia blunder but didn't articulate any more efforts of the "Let's Make Nice" gang.

[RippleFire]

LG-118A Peacekeeper

[LarryLied]

Seeing as the PKI was one of the first things Clinton did after getting elected, I imagine it did nothing but be a nice perch from which socialists could screw around with our military.

[MJY1288]

Thanks for the ping,

Hey! all my fellow Freepers, lets break ranks and see if we can't gain control of the House and Senate and give our President a chance with the control of Congress he deserves. Things would be much different if it wasn't for Daschle's back room bribery of Jim Jeffords. We are bigger than all this back biting.

[denydenydeny]

"This leaves a tremendous void in our ability to respond effectively to challenges that we will face in the years ahead"

On the contrary, the exact opposite is true.

[fogarty]

This is a step in the right direction.

[Southflanknorthpawsis]

LOL......Thanks for the ping and the laugh.

[Faraday]

He does these things we like and says nothing about them.

It's clear the people who count know. By that I mean, the officer corps and the international community. Issues like this become known if the liberal/socialist press or Democrats decide to make an issue out of them. However, I'm very glad you found and posted this. It is such an important marker that our military policy is on the right track.

[Amelia]

"This isn't about saving money," said Peter Gantz, project manager for United Nations peace operations at the World Federalist Association (WFA), which has worked closely with the uniformed military on peacekeeping. "This is drawing a line in the sand. The Bush administration is saying it wants the US out of peacekeeping in every way, shape or form," he added.

I like it!

[bluefish]

Well, this is a nice bit of news.

[Schakaljager]

it is a small, symbolic, insignificant step in the right direction, but Bush is still a liar, a flip-flopper, a Clinton in disguise. I doubt this thread will make it to 100 posts but if it does, I predict the premise of the above by the Bush bashers.

[MJY1288]

Not if I can help it...