Even the British Conservatives Have Little Faith
From Salon:
In the U.K., even conservatives criticize Bush's foreign policy decisions.
Dec. 1, 2003 Ê|Ê An unabashed hawk's unvarnished warning
The Bush administration's apologists like to pretend that harsh assessments of its foreign policy are confined to the most ideological or anti-American media outlets. But as Andrew Neil proved in yesterday's Scotsman, such criticism is no longer confined to the most ideological or hostile media outlets (if it ever was). A former Tory Party staffer who has worked in America, Neil has ample conservative credentials -- and during the months leading to the invasion of Iraq, he established himself as one of the United Kingdom's most voluble hawks. The former Murdoch editor is rightly concerned about the progress of the war against Islamist terror, and he doesn't flinch from admitting that he is deeply disturbed by what he learned during a recent visit to Washington:
The Actual editorial by Andrew Neil
http://www.news.scotsman.com/interna...?id=1317722003
"IN NEW York the mood is buoyant as the American economy continues to purr at a satisfying rate, but 250 miles to the south in Washington DC there is increasing private gloom among those in the know that events in Afghanistan and Iraq are going badly wrong - and growing despair about what to do about it.
President BushÕs bold Thanksgiving trip to Baghdad gave US troops a much-needed fillip and he said all the right things. But behind the scenes the war on terror is going badly wrong in its two main theatres. "In both places it is worse than you think," I was warned before arriving in the US capital for a series of off-the-record briefings. The warning was accurate. "
This all flies in the face of what the administration has been trying to say. "It's much better than the press is letting on."
This is exactly what Dean and Clarke have been saying... Bush isn't attacking the terrorists... he's sidetracked the "war on terrah" by going into Iraq. And now Afhganistan is on the path to being a opium growing warlord ruled country again.
This administration has A.D.D.
In the U.K., even conservatives criticize Bush's foreign policy decisions.
Dec. 1, 2003 Ê|Ê An unabashed hawk's unvarnished warning
The Bush administration's apologists like to pretend that harsh assessments of its foreign policy are confined to the most ideological or anti-American media outlets. But as Andrew Neil proved in yesterday's Scotsman, such criticism is no longer confined to the most ideological or hostile media outlets (if it ever was). A former Tory Party staffer who has worked in America, Neil has ample conservative credentials -- and during the months leading to the invasion of Iraq, he established himself as one of the United Kingdom's most voluble hawks. The former Murdoch editor is rightly concerned about the progress of the war against Islamist terror, and he doesn't flinch from admitting that he is deeply disturbed by what he learned during a recent visit to Washington:
The Actual editorial by Andrew Neil
http://www.news.scotsman.com/interna...?id=1317722003
"IN NEW York the mood is buoyant as the American economy continues to purr at a satisfying rate, but 250 miles to the south in Washington DC there is increasing private gloom among those in the know that events in Afghanistan and Iraq are going badly wrong - and growing despair about what to do about it.
President BushÕs bold Thanksgiving trip to Baghdad gave US troops a much-needed fillip and he said all the right things. But behind the scenes the war on terror is going badly wrong in its two main theatres. "In both places it is worse than you think," I was warned before arriving in the US capital for a series of off-the-record briefings. The warning was accurate. "
This all flies in the face of what the administration has been trying to say. "It's much better than the press is letting on."
This is exactly what Dean and Clarke have been saying... Bush isn't attacking the terrorists... he's sidetracked the "war on terrah" by going into Iraq. And now Afhganistan is on the path to being a opium growing warlord ruled country again.
This administration has A.D.D.
Comments
Originally posted by chu_bakka
This all flies in the face of what the administration has been trying to say. "It's much better than the press is letting on."
This is exactly what Dean and Clarke have been saying... Bush isn't attacking the terrorists... he's sidetracked the "war on terrah" by going into Iraq. And now Afhganistan is on the path to being a opium growing warlord ruled country again.
This administration has A.D.D.
Dems seem to understand this with crystalline clarity. Repubs are in such denial that I find myself laughing out loud daily at the spin.
I find it humorous that Repubs seem so hell-bent at pointing out that the Dems are in denial about the recent losses the party as suffered, yet they're so defensive about Bush's ill-conceived pre-emptive defense policy. Interesting.
That editoral was written by a conservative.
AI: Fair and Balanced!
I agree with the british conservative Andrew Neil.
I've also agreed with some pieces in the conservative
The Economist magazine lately too.
Originally posted by chu_bakka
I agree with the british conservative Andrew Neil.
Be careful. They're going to short-circuit if you keep that up.
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Con...l=968793972154
Originally posted by majorspunk
How come the leftists are always so defeatist? Always the pessimists..
After reading some of your posts in other threads it's pretty clear that everyone at AO(except for very few exceptions) is a leftist compared to you. What part of British C-O-N-S-E-R-V-A-T-I-V-E did you not get?
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/arts...n-Killers.html
Closer to a perp walk perhaps?
Originally posted by Gilsch
What part of British C-O-N-S-E-R-V-A-T-I-V-E did you not get?
Euro conservatives are comparable to US raving liberals...
Originally posted by Smircle
Euro conservatives are comparable to US raving liberals...
He's the former executive editor of fox news.
Originally posted by Smircle
Euro conservatives are comparable to US raving liberals...
Oh yeah, I forgot. Those pinko commie liberal bastahds right?
Originally posted by giant
He's the former executive editor of fox news.
Ouch.
[Denial Party Spin engaged]
Good riddance...pinko raving liberal!
[/Denial Party Spin disengaged]
Originally posted by chu_bakka
Noooo... Fox is fair and balance... remember?
Yeah. I forgot.
A military analyst that works for FOX is doubting the administrations plan, tactics and attitudes... and chances for success.
So is it only the liberals that are criticizing the way things are going?
http://www.thenation.com/capitalgame...bid=3&pid=1104
"Why don't they share your view at the White House and the Pentagon?
Ignorance--they just don't know how unconventional war is fought. And arrogance--an inability to listen to the suggestions from others. And there is some professional jealousy. The civilians in the Pentagon don't want to see the Special Forces guys handed another mission.
I thought going to war in Iraq was a good thing. But we are screwing it up. If we change our policies and truly work with the Iraqi people, things can change. If they do not change, we will have another Beirut, another Somalia. We will end up leaving, and it will implode. And that will give us negative PR in the eyes of 1.6 billion Muslims. This is the Super Bowl. Look, we trained and advised the Afghanistan mujaheddin [who battled the Soviet Union in the 1980s] and some of them managed to fight against us later. Our ability to screw things up is immense. "
oh wait... it's Newt.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2003Dec7.html
Former House speaker Newt Gingrich said yesterday that the Bush administration has gone "off a cliff" in postwar Iraq and that "the White House has to get a grip on this."
In a blunt critique by a leading Republican, Gingrich said the administration has failed "to put the Iraqis at the center of this equation. . . . The key to defeating the bad guys is having enough good guys who are Iraqis," he said on NBC's "Meet the Press."