Here is the King is thinking about stopping payment on his check to James Baker. He thinks that maybe the money is better spent killing more Americans.
Posted on 12/08/2006 10:27:04 AM PST by jmc1969
Former White House advisers to George H.W. Bush are keenly disappointed and concerned about the current President Bush's initial reaction to the report by the Iraq Study Group.
They consider him rather dismissive of the group's conclusions, issued yesterday, which include the view that current Iraq policy is failing. The group recommends a variety of important changes, such as assigning U.S. troops to play more of an advisory and training role and less of a combat role. The ISG also recommends that the United States withdraw most of its combat brigades by early 2008 and that the administration increase diplomatic efforts, including starting talks with Iran and Syria and energetically working toward an Israeli-Palestinian solution.
Adding to the unease were President Bush's comments at his Thursday news conference with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, in which he avoided commenting on specifics in the ISG report.
"We have a classic case of circling the wagons," says a former adviser to Bush the elder. "If President Bush changes his policy in Iraq in a fundamental way, it undermines the whole premise of his presidency. I just don't believe he will ever do that."
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Good.
That's a joke headline right? No one would really write a headline like that would they?
Which aides?
This story is as silly as The Report.
Here is the King is thinking about stopping payment on his check to James Baker. He thinks that maybe the money is better spent killing more Americans.
Maybe literally.
So if the President doesn't play ball and "see the light" will daddy's "former White House advisers" arrange for him to wake up to a political horse's head in his bed?
"Also, I call your attention to these brilliant Panel Recommendations:
#34: Wash your hands after going to the toilet.
#56: Don't walk into traffic with your eyes closed.
#71: Never deep fry a turkey indoors.
Funny, I find President Bush's reaction to these appeasers to be immeasurably reassuring.
Let's see. Would these be the same "former aides" who advised the elder Bush to turn back before taking Baghdad in the previous Gulf War?
There's nothing wrong with talking to the Syrians. We DO have an embassy there for a reason. The fact that it would be futile should be considered.
There is no reason to talk to the Iranians. It's as much in our national interest to attack them as it was to invade Iraq. What we don't have is a series of UN resolutions giving us diplomatic cover, for what it's worth, for doing so.
Talk ain't gonna help.
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Hmmmm, could that be James Baker???
Jim Baker himself, I would guess, miffed that the stubborn young Bush just won't throw the Jews under the bus and get on with the Big Boys' plan. I believe there are powerful elements in our foreign service bureaucracy and within the intelligence services that have convinced themselves that the Arabs can effectively be bought off by sacrificing Israel. They don't believe that radical Islam has any claim against the West that can't be satisfied by turning the State of Israel into the People's Islamic Republic of Palestine, while withdrawing from Iraq and from the whole ugly "war on terror" thing while we're at it. The loonies will just shoot their AK-47's wildly in the air for a month or so and then go on about their business. Right.
Best line I heard about this came from Jonah Goldberg. "Washington is a city where it is better to be wrong in a group than right by yourself."
W. does not mind being by himself when that's the right thing.
JMHO
Actually the King (or the acting King) at the time helped us with the invasion of Iraq, saving American troop lives. Above that, the Sunni King of S.A. is somebody who shares our interest in not having Iraq dominated by Iran.
The problem is the Saudi and Baker attitude toward Israel, which is one of the problems with this stupid report.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
See post 36. Seems I'm not the only one with that idea.
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