From Belmont Club:
A non-state (Hezbollah) at war with a foreign state (Israel) has voted to deploy the forces of a nominal state (Lebanon) to police itself, while taking orders from two foreign states (Syria and Iran) for the purpose of preventing more civilian casualties in a conflict it began until the forces of international states can interpose themselves between the forces of a foreign state (Israel) they have sworn to destroy and themselves (Hezbollah) under terms which in any case they have no intentions of respecting. To international diplomats that makes sense. In contrast, when "in Texas, Bush said any cease-fire must prevent Hezbollah from strengthening its grip in southern Lebanon, asserting 'it's time to address root causes of problems,'" his remarks are dismissed as the ignorant ramblings of an unsophisticated simpleton.
Well, just because the diplomats are stupid, it doesn't follow that Bush isn't a simpleton.
2 comments:
yeah, but when bush does "straight talk," such as the axis of evil and bring it on, it pisses off everyone around the world as well.
let's face it, everythign the guy says pisses people here and abroad off.
versus, bill clinton who could say anything and it'd make people feel like a million bucks. did it make the world better off? who knows?
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