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Iraq Successes Put Hegemony In A New Light
IBD ^ | November 15, 2007 | Charles Krauthammer

Posted on 11/15/2007 6:35:36 PM PST by Kaslin

When the Democratic presidential candidates pause from beating Hillary with a stick, they join in unison to pronounce the Democratic pieties, chief among which is that George Bush has left our alliances in ruins.

As Clinton puts it, we have "alienated our friends," must "rebuild our alliances" and "restore our standing in the world." That's mild. The others describe Bush as having a scorched-earth foreign policy that has left us reviled and isolated in the world.

Like Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Harry Reid, who insist that nothing of significance has changed in Iraq, the Democrats are living in what Bob Woodward would call a state of denial.

Do they not notice anything?

France has a new president who is breaking not just with the anti-Americanism of the Chirac era, but with 50 years of Fifth Republic orthodoxy that defined French greatness as operating in counterpoise to America. Nicolas Sarkozy's trip last week to the U.S. was marked by a highly successful White House visit and a rousing speech to Congress in which he called America "the greatest nation in the world."

(How many leaders of any country say that about another?)

He also pledged solidarity with the U.S. on Afghanistan, Iran, Lebanon, the Middle East and nuclear nonproliferation. This just a few months after he sent his foreign minister to Iraq to signal an openness to cooperation and an end to Chirac's reflexive obstructionism.

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1 posted on 11/15/2007 6:35:37 PM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

The leaders of our allies are more pro-American than the democratic party.

That doesn’t seem to bother the dhims one whit.

Yes, as a matter of fact, I AM questioning their patriotism.

TRAITORS!


2 posted on 11/15/2007 6:45:53 PM PST by 43north (I hope we are around long enough to become a layer in the rocks of the future.)
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To: Kaslin

they are such filth they make me want to puke.


3 posted on 11/15/2007 6:58:25 PM PST by steel_resolve (If you can't stand behind our troops, then please stand in front...)
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To: 43north

I have questioned their patriosim long ago


4 posted on 11/15/2007 6:59:45 PM PST by Kaslin (Peace is the aftermath of victory)
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To: steel_resolve

You said it


5 posted on 11/15/2007 7:00:11 PM PST by Kaslin (Peace is the aftermath of victory)
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To: Kaslin
Reid and Pelosi...It’s more than politics, it’s treason.

Seriously, Pelosi going to Syria? Reid claiming we lost?

Of course, there are at least 50 other prominent Dims that are just as treasonous...

6 posted on 11/15/2007 7:06:46 PM PST by ryan71
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To: ryan71
Of course, there are at least 50 other prominent Dims that are just as treasonous...

Just 50? You're way off

7 posted on 11/15/2007 7:12:56 PM PST by Kaslin (Peace is the aftermath of victory)
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