Tyrone Slothrop |
03-14-2005 09:20 PM |
Wow
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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
It's like the Libya concessions- okay it hadn't anything to do with people thinking Bush mioght actually stand up for what he says- the changes had been coming for sometime, then again in Egypt and Iraq and Lebannon and ? At some point all this couldn't have "been coming for awhile" or just coincidence- could it Ty?
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I don't think it's all just a coincidence. That's bilmore's thing, remember? And do you learn about foreign policy by reading Highlights For Kids?
Egypt is no coincidence. I'm sure that it was pressure from us that got Mubarak to change the election rules. Bush can take the credit for that. The bad news is, there isn't much. Mubarak is still banning the most popular opposition party from running.
Bush can take all of the credit for what's happening in Iraq. It's not exactly a success story yet: - By day or night, Baghdad has become a cacophony of automatic weapons fire, explosions and sudden death, its citizens living in constant fear of being shot by insurgents or the security forces meant to protect them. Streets are crammed with passenger cars fighting for space with armored vehicles and pickups loaded with hooded and heavily armed Iraqi soldiers. Hundreds of bombs in recent months have made mosques, public squares, sidewalks and even some central streets extremely dangerous places in Baghdad. On Haifa Street, rocket-propelled grenades sometimes fly through traffic. Rashid Street is a favorite for roadside bombers near the Tigris River.
AP. So Bush gets to take the blame, too.
Which leaves Lebanon. You guys say Bush takes the credit for all the demonstrations by the "pro-democracy" forces who don't want proportional representation but do want the Syrians out. Apparently wanting the Syrians to leave is something the Lebanese couldn't have thought of until we invaded Iraq. All this has to do with the "tone" of Bush's State of the Union, which the Lebanese must have been paying close attention to. Or they're just on Grover Norquist's e-mail listserv.
I agree, no coincidence. But also no clear pattern.
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