I think that you’re missing the point. Liberals think that they have a perfectly clear understanding of the Bush Doctrine:Invade and otherwise bully other countries, especially if they have oil, and under no circumstances have any sort of diplomacy with other countries if you think they don’t like us. What Gibson and his brainless lefty viewers want to know is whether or not Palin would invent a pretext to invade other countries to steal their oil or at the very least stop inviting their ambassadors to lunch at the White House, as they are convinced Bush has done. |
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GIBSON: And you didn’t say to yourself, “Am I experienced enough?
No Charlie. If I used your standard for quotes, I would have to say that it was Jimi Hendrix. |
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I think of the Bush Doctrine as specifically pre-emption, or "we will not get caught with our pants down again."
More specifically, a pre-emptive policy toward asymmetrical threats, but with the broader grand strategy implication that any threats will be taken seriously, with consideration of pre-emption, and that another era of mere mutual deterence is unacceptable, certainly not with any Islamic nation or outfit, nor with China.
The reason why some have suggested that the Bush Doctrine has been abandoned is the failure to act against Iran’s nuclear facilities, which has looped back to being a matter of dealing with Russia and the question of mutual deterrence.
But, that aside, I don’t think that there’s any question that the U.S. has not abandoned the Bush Doctrine when it comes to asymmetrical threats. In other words, the approach that was taken during the Clinton years to bin Laden’s sanctuaries in Afghanistan will not return.
And there’s no question in my mind that a "forward strategy" against terrorism, i.e. they’ll be killed dead as needed where needed, is the rule right now. Geopolitical questions are not disregarded (i.e., don’t destabilize Pakistan; don’t make a fool of Putin when striking Syria or Iran) but never let an asymmetrical threat off the hook as it becomes imminent. |
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More to that last sentence:but never let an asymmetrical threat off the hook as it becomes imminent. Better said: Don’t even let it reach imminence. |
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Exactly. Gibson arrogantly assumed that the Bush Doctrine was exactly what he thought it was without doing any investigation or verification... you know, things journalists used to do. If he understood it as it actually exists, he would have realized that her answer was appropriate and made complete sense. In fact, he probably would not have asked the question in the first place and would have instead asked about a specific policy of the Bush Doctrine.
Despite the fact that the National Security Strategy is available for anyone to view (assuming Charlie Gibson has internet access and is literate), there will be those that continue to insist that what they believe to be the Bush Doctrine, no matter how narrow (or wrong) it is, is indeed the Bush Doctrine, and Sarah Palin was therefore wrong. It kills me that pointing them to the actual Bush Doctrine will not change their opinion of what the Bush Doctrine is.
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Gibson mischaracterized her about the Iraq war as well. He pulled direct quotes but clearly used them out of context. I have to wonder if he’s illiterate or just an *ssh*le.
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I noticed that, too, Grim. Maybe, he’ll interview Dustin Hoffman next. |
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Grimshaw - [Gibson] pulled direct quotes but clearly used them out of context. I have to wonder if he’s illiterate or just an *ssh*le.
Why can’t he be both?
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He certainly can. |
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