The countdown has been on for...nearly eight years? Well, that's not completely fair. In all honesty, G.W. Bush spent the early months of his Presidency on vacation...and the world's worst terrorist attack occurred early on his watch. So, even if the countdown to the end of the United States' worst presidency began seven years ago, the good news is that the ticker is winding down and we can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.
But instead of riding off in the sunset quietly, el Presidente continues to display his glaring deficiencies in high definition. Today, as widely reported by every media outlet on the planet, Dubya made a very thinly veiled attack against Democratic front-runner Barack Obama, likening his willingness to speak to America's opponents to "appeasing" terrorists and repeating the same mistake Chamberlain made with Adolf Hitler in 1939. The Hitler reference is especially interesting considering he made this statement to the Israeli Knesset on the 60th year marking Israel's independence.
Now...some might say that it was inappropriate to inject partisan politics into a speech made in a foreign country, marking such an historic occasion. Others might say that Obama's stance on dealing with unfriendly nations is just an example of his inexperience on diplomatic etiquette. And those others might be right....
But what is undeniably right is this - how can the single worst "decider" in U.S. history, the man who has made a mockery of his country to the international community, who has inspired a whole new generation of rabid suicide bombers, who sent Iraq and its people back to the stone age based on a lie, who sent Afghanistan and its people even further back to the stone age and forgot about them, and who is singlehandedly responsible for making the world a much less stable place....how can this man have the testicles to give anyone a lesson on how to conduct diplomacy?
Breathe in....breathe out....in....out.... OK, now that my blood pressure has retreated to a less lethal level, I personally think Obama has the right idea. If the West hadn't been willing to negotiate with Soviets, the war against terrorism would never have replace the Cold War. I don't believe a President Obama would talk to terrorists...however, I do think that he would be open to communicating with the leaders of hostile foreign countries, which is a completely different matter. This administration's foreign policy has done nothing but continue to isolate their enemies, embittering their populations, and widening the gap to normalcy. Today's attack was incredible coming from the likes of Bush...and seeing John McCain's immediate favourable reaction is a strong signal that the GOP will continue to feed on fear and ignorance. Guess no one has told them that while it's good to keep your friends close...it's wiser to keep your enemies closer.
But instead of riding off in the sunset quietly, el Presidente continues to display his glaring deficiencies in high definition. Today, as widely reported by every media outlet on the planet, Dubya made a very thinly veiled attack against Democratic front-runner Barack Obama, likening his willingness to speak to America's opponents to "appeasing" terrorists and repeating the same mistake Chamberlain made with Adolf Hitler in 1939. The Hitler reference is especially interesting considering he made this statement to the Israeli Knesset on the 60th year marking Israel's independence.
Now...some might say that it was inappropriate to inject partisan politics into a speech made in a foreign country, marking such an historic occasion. Others might say that Obama's stance on dealing with unfriendly nations is just an example of his inexperience on diplomatic etiquette. And those others might be right....
But what is undeniably right is this - how can the single worst "decider" in U.S. history, the man who has made a mockery of his country to the international community, who has inspired a whole new generation of rabid suicide bombers, who sent Iraq and its people back to the stone age based on a lie, who sent Afghanistan and its people even further back to the stone age and forgot about them, and who is singlehandedly responsible for making the world a much less stable place....how can this man have the testicles to give anyone a lesson on how to conduct diplomacy?
Breathe in....breathe out....in....out.... OK, now that my blood pressure has retreated to a less lethal level, I personally think Obama has the right idea. If the West hadn't been willing to negotiate with Soviets, the war against terrorism would never have replace the Cold War. I don't believe a President Obama would talk to terrorists...however, I do think that he would be open to communicating with the leaders of hostile foreign countries, which is a completely different matter. This administration's foreign policy has done nothing but continue to isolate their enemies, embittering their populations, and widening the gap to normalcy. Today's attack was incredible coming from the likes of Bush...and seeing John McCain's immediate favourable reaction is a strong signal that the GOP will continue to feed on fear and ignorance. Guess no one has told them that while it's good to keep your friends close...it's wiser to keep your enemies closer.
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