Is the Bush Administration incompetent in international affairs?

[Agathon]

Chalk up another point to the French.

Tucker Carlson was trying to ridicule them on tonight's "Crossfire" and held up two bottles of wine, one American, one French, and remarked to his French interlocutor, "Who's going to suffer when Americans boycott French wine in favour of American?"

At which the Frenchman smiled and replied, "American wine drinkers."

[Berzerker]

Sava -

Berserker, my chimp tells me that if you mock Agathon for being "non-partisan" it would only be logical if you explain which party he is speaking for. But you're obviously more concerned with trolling and insulting people.

One can be partisan without belonging to the largest political party opposing the GOP. Michael Moore is partisan, but he supported Nader. Your post is full of fallacies, I did not insult Agathon, I posted my skepticism about his stated desire for a non-partisan discussion by quoting his opening accusation that most Republicans and conservatives are at best slightly mad (yeah, that was non-partisan). He responded by insulting me...if you cannot see his opening post as partisan, let your chimp do the reading for you.

[Imran Siddiqui]

The only problem is that the French don't even have the best wine anymore .

The best comes from Chile!

[Spiffor]

I wonder how a Chilean wine could equal an alsacian white

[Boris Godunov]

Chile produces better cheap wine, but France still produces better top-end wine than Chile. Your buck goes farther with Chilean wine, but the best of the best from France will beat its counterpart from Chile.

[Adam Smith]

Originally posted by Agathon
I loved the way De Villepin (the representative of "Old Europe") undercut Powell in such a witty and urbane fashion.

Pyrrhic victory.

[DanS]

AS: Totally.

I wonder how a Chilean wine could equal an alsacian white

Chilean and Australian whites taste very good. My daily drinking white is Alsacian but I don't think I'm moving down in class when I drink Chilean and Australian.

[Spiffor]

Actually, I had the misconception Chile only produced red. I wonder where this came from

[Drake Tungsten]

Actually, I had the misconception Chile only produced red. I wonder where this came from

You're just another ignorant European who probably couldn't find Chile on a map...

[Mazarin]

who cares? that's what intelligent missiles were invented for!

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
This clearly illustrates the problem with W's foreign policy, something his supporters don't understand.

He is pushing an approach which the two principle party involved don't want. He thinks his solution is better, which means he lives in a world of his own. He doesn't want to see things from other people's view, let alone care. This doesn't make a very good diplomat.

Q Cubed,

I posted pretty much the same thing some time ago. Dan didn't reply to me either.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Adam Smith
Pyrrhic victory.

It's all a matter of perspective, I suppose.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Adam Smith
Pyrrhic victory.

It's better than a Pyrrhic defeat, which is what the US seems on the road to, diplomatically speaking.

Only slightly, though.

[Alexander's Horse]

Bush's foreign policy would be a lot better even if there was just a little sensivity and tact.

I see no reason why the Euros couldn't have been brought on board on Iraq.

[Urban Ranger]

One can start by wondering W.'s throwing out of "Axis of Evil."

It can only be downhill from there.