The damage done.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Originally posted by Arrian
Shouldn't we lose some respect for these "respected" GOP foreign policy types?

I sure have.

-Arrian

An inevitable part of being a respected foreign policy type, or any other policy type, is the ability to discern one's master's voice.

[Impaler[WrG]]

Now you're just demonizing. A competent Republican wouldn't have screwed up this way--certainly George H.W. Bush wouldn't have taken his attention away from Afghanistan to invade Iraq. Dubya's problem isn't that he's a Republican, it's that he's an incompetent promoted to a position he can't handle. That's aggravated by the fact that he can't handle criticism and is too insecure to admit fault, so he just plows on ahead. The other Republicans supported him, for which I blame good old political opportunism.

Republicans didn't ride Bush's coat-tails, they MANUFACTURED him out of whole cloth, he's as hollow as a scarecrow and the Republican establishment stuffed the straw in his head thinking they could use his folksy Texan accent, frat-boy demeanor, religious zeal and family name as a ticket to the White House. It worked tragically well as they created a barely controlled Monster, September 11th then broke the chains letting it loose on the world. The Republican party deserves every last ounce of scorn that could possibly be laid upon it for the horror of the last 7 years.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
It's not something you can campaign on. "I don't have any idea what to do about other countries once I'm in office."

Well since we fell for this **** once in Veitnam and again in Iraq I think there's more chance for Americans to get their head out of their ass. There's the budget deficit also. We can't afford this foreign policy anymore.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Impaler[WrG]


Republicans didn't ride Bush's coat-tails, they MANUFACTURED him out of whole cloth, he's as hollow as a scarecrow and the Republican establishment stuffed the straw in his head thinking they could use his folksy Texan accent, frat-boy demeanor, religious zeal and family name as a ticket to the White House. It worked tragically well as they created a barely controlled Monster, September 11th then broke the chains letting it loose on the world. The Republican party deserves every last ounce of scorn that could possibly be laid upon it for the horror of the last 7 years.

QFT

[Jaakko]

IMO the most important lesson of Katrina was that Repubs are so corrupt that they're perfectly willing to soil their own home. It's rare even in 3rd world dictatorships to see the governing faction destroy a major city through negligence.

[Kuciwalker]

[Addled Platypus]

with that title, I was thinking joke related

and more ranting

[Dinner]

It's just a great article by The Economist. It really is a good magazine.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

yep. ive been subscribed since 2003.