largely without definitive debates (except, at times, within the administration).
Last time I looked, the Executive Branch is in charge of foreign policy under the Constitution (except as to the declaration of war). Since your administration had little or no foreign policy except to kiss Brezhnev on both cheeks, taking the forceful action of banning our athletes from competing in the Olympics when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan, abandoning Taiwan and dithering while Iran violated US sovereignty, I don't think anyone should listen much to what you have to say about foreign policy.
We have ignored or condoned abuses in nations that support our anti-terrorism effort...
Considering you made yourself thoroughly reviled by our allies during the Cold War by criticizing their human rights records while ignoring the abuses in the Communist world, what the "respected international organizations concerned about these basic principles of democratic life" say about the US doesn't bother me one iota. We have elections and if the American people feel strongly that their democratic rights are being violated, they can vote the Republicans out, just like they voted you out.
while detaining American citizens as "enemy combatants,"
Gee, I think we have two. They should both be tried for treason, rather than plea bargainned and released. The American citizens are treated differently than the others, witness John Lindh's sentencing.
Several hundred captured Taliban soldiers remain imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay under the same circumstances, with the defense secretary declaring that they would not be released even if they were someday tried and found to be innocent. These actions are similar to those of abusive regimes that historically have been condemned by American presidents.
This really makes me mad, Jimmy. When you are at war with the people who have killed 3,000 of your fellow citizens, as Commander-in-Chief, your job is to protect them.
any belligerent move by Hussein against a neighbor, even the smallest nuclear test (necessary before weapons construction), a tangible threat to use a weapon of mass destruction, or sharing this technology with terrorist organizations would be suicidal.
Was it suicidal the last time Saddam invaded a neighboring country lobbing Scud missiles into Saudi Arabia and Israel? We know it wouldn't have been as long as you were President.
We have thrown down counterproductive gauntlets to the rest of the world, disavowing U.S. commitments to laboriously negotiated international accords.
Such as Kyoto and the ABM treaty with the Soviet Union which no longer exists? Kyoto was rejected by 95-0 in the Senate during Clinton's administration. Even your idol Ted Kennedy voted against it. Mr. President, you have gone off the deep end.
Our apparent policy is to support almost every Israeli action in the occupied territories and to condemn and isolate the Palestinians as blanket targets of our war on terrorism, while Israeli settlements expand and Palestinian enclaves shrink.
Okey dokey.
It is crucial that the historical and well-founded American commitments prevail: to peace, justice, human rights, the environment and international cooperation.
Jimmy, I think you meant "peace in our time" didn't you?
(Then drop the bombs.)
(Just kidding. I think.)
He's nothing if not consistent. A consistent WUSS, that is!!
I'll never forget his answer:
"Mr. John, it'll be just like it was here in Georgia... he'll come, he'll go... and nobody'll be able to figure out what the Hell he did..."
Answer: Three Big Boobs!