So what then? Never, ever, ever have direct dialogue with your enemies? Ever?
And let's be honest, Bush did unbelievably mess up the Iraq post-war occupation. I don't think he's an idiot, in fact, from a conservative stand point he has done a lot of good things. But in terms of the post-war situation, he failed miserably.
Direct dialogue comes when your enemy is signing the terms of surrender, petey. Not while they are still manuevering to destroy you.
Let's parse that remarkable statement of Senator Audacity-of-Hope-and-B*llsh*t:
"It is sad that President Bush would use a speech to the Knesset on the 6Oth anniversary of Israel's independence to launch a false political attack..."
ANALYSIS: What's a "false" political attack? One that doesn't agree with the Comrade Senator's worldview, or that of his Party?...which are based on denial and appeasement.
"It is time to turn the page on eight years of policies that have strengthened Iran and failed to secure America or our ally Israel..."
ANALYSIS: Up is down and white is black in this sentence. The Comrade Senator blames the Bush Administration for it's EIGHT YEARS of multilateral engagement attempts concerning Iran? The Bush Admin has worked unceasingly on the international diplomatic arena with Europe, Russia, the UN and, to an extent, with China, in attempting to confront Iran with a firm, consistent international front that both prevents Iran from developing nuclear weapons but allows for peaceful development on nuclear power.
The reality here is that it's Senator Audacity-of-Hope-and-B*llsh*t who is politicizing American foreign policy, which ought to be the bipartisan standard of firm international engagement regarding Iran and it's nuclear weapons agenda.
"Instead of tough talk and no action, we need to do what Kennedy, Nixon and Reagan did and use all elements of American power -- including tough, principled, and direct diplomacy - to pressure countries like Iran and Syria."
ANALYSIS: Kennedy, Nixon and Reagan didn't hesitate to use military force, when necessary. Carrots and big sticks. How can one have tough negotiations with a fascist adversary without having a very credible military option and the will to use it? (Said American will being as much as humanly possible sabotaged by the professional liars running the Democratic Party.)
"George Bush knows that I have never supported engagement with terrorists, and the President's extraordinary politicization of foreign policy and the politics of fear do nothing to secure the American people or our stalwart ally Israel."
ANALYSIS: Do the name Ayers and Dohrn ring a bell? Or do they not count because they're merely unrepentent domestic terrorists, rather than unrepentent foreign terrorists, such as the rulers of Cuba, Syria and Iran?
This statement is yet one more display of Senator Obama's glib vacuousness. Dangerous glib vacuousness.
Speaking of "Who's the Idiot?", I just came across this excellent piece at blog Hot Air. It's about US (Democratic Party) Senator Tom Harkin. This thinking would fit in perfectly with the NDP and much of the Liberal Party; the British Labour Party; the Australian Labour Party; the German Social Democratic Party.
It's classically illustrative of what I call "the West's International Disease of Neo-Liberalism":
Harkin: Fear the military
Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s family background as the son and grandson of admirals has given him a worldview shaped by the military, “and he has a hard time thinking beyond that,” Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Ia., said Friday.
“I think he’s trapped in that,” Harkin said in a conference call with Iowa reporters. “Everything is looked at from his life experiences, from always having been in the military, and I think that can be pretty dangerous.”
Harkin said that “it’s one thing to have been drafted and served, but another thing when you come from generations of military people and that’s just how you’re steeped, how you’ve learned, how you’ve grown up.”
A McCain spokesman said Harkin’s remarks were offensive and showed that Democrats are out of touch with Americans’ values. “Senator Harkin’s comments are an affront to the many thousands of Iowans who have served our country so valiantly for generations,” said McCain spokesman Jeff Sadosky. “This sort of attack shows just how out of touch Democratic leadership has become with the values that have made our country so great.”
The Soviet Union, China - they're big dogs, of course you have to talk to them. Lending prestige to terrorist Iran is stupidity.
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