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This is a GREAT idea! And if only we cold get Usama to turn up too, we could make this into a giant Summit solving all problems in re: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Dar-al-Islam in general...I would expect rainbows, unicorns, puppies, and chocolate fountains to appear soon after the meeting(s). |
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Lugar’s suggestion/view reminds me of the silly people who think that all we need to do to have peace, whether in the Middle East or elsewhere, is to bring everybody to the table to talk (BTW, Rice is one of those silly people, evidenced by her shuttling back and forth to get the dialogue going between the Palestinians and the Israelis).
What’s the point of talking in situations such as this? Does Bush not understand Pelosi’s views, and vice versa? Does Lugar think there is some compromise that Pelosi/Reid and Bush can reach... and that they’re interested in reaching it? If he does, why not come out and outline it right now? Doesn’t Lugar realize the Democrats feel they owe their new power to the "rather fractured political circumstances"? Doesn’t he know that any Democratic officeholder who offers Bush the least bit of leeway is doomed to being attacked by the crazies on the left?
To me, the fact that they’re not talking is proof there’s nothing to talk about. If there were a reason to talk, if the two sides were truly interested in reaching some kind of compromise, that they didn’t have the lines drawn in the sand, wouldn’t they already be talking? Heck, wouldn’t they already have talked and announced their compromise? It’s not as if they don’t have each other’s phone numbers, is it?
And there’s more of a chance that Bush agreeing to talk would be viewed more as a sign of weakness than one of bi-partisanship. Even worse for Bush, the (inevitable) lack of an agreement would be cited as yet another example of Bush being out of touch with the public and arrogant in refusing to compromise. |
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And if only we cold get Usama to turn up too, . . . Why, we could ask him why he hates us . . .
Is it ever too late to start dialoge? |
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One of George II’s biggest personal failings is that he does not negotiate, he dictates. This has cost the country many of its natural allies and is starting to tear his own party apart. Any negotiationhat George II enters into would be a good thing regardless of topic or outcome. He needs the practice |
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Don? Yes. |
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One of George II’s biggest personal failings is that he does not negotiate, he dictates. This has cost the country many of its natural allies and is starting to tear his own party apart. Any negotiationhat George II enters into would be a good thing regardless of topic or outcome. He needs the practice I agree the No Child Left Behind Act-being written in large part by TED Kennedy, signing McCain-Feingold, never vetoing a bill all that PROVES his devotion to dictating outcomes, the 18 months of negotating with the UNSC over Iraq, the 6 Party talks on North Korea, the acceptance of the EU taking the lead on Iran’s nuclear program, yes this President DICTATES...
CindyB great advice from a former foreman of mine, "Try to tell lies small enough at least that you’ll believe them."
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Lugar tried "advising" Bush 41 with a book, back in the day. His advice at the time, would have been laughable, had it not been so dangerous. I see his situation hasn’t improved much. Nor, apparently, his thought processes. |
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I have thought Lugar is a little odd since I saw him discussing nuclear war once. During the entire discussion he had a big, Howdy Doody grin on his face. Inappropriate to say the least. He gives me the creeps. |
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