tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25679032.post115781760186106599..comments2023-11-05T07:10:04.935-05:00Comments on Sisyphus: The problem with our Iraqi policy is not the fringes but the centerSisyphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16514005363783760352noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25679032.post-1157825676167546762006-09-09T14:14:00.000-04:002006-09-09T14:14:00.000-04:00The link for the quote from Bush.The <A HREF="http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110008919" REL="nofollow">link</A> for the quote from Bush.Bill Baarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095486926836836714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25679032.post-1157825599749539392006-09-09T14:13:00.000-04:002006-09-09T14:13:00.000-04:00Only a moderate Islam can defeat radical Islam.In ...Only a moderate Islam can defeat radical Islam.<BR/><BR/>In Iraq, we allied ourselves with moderate Shia, Sunni Kurds, secular Arabs, and others with a a commitment to Democracy and Pluralism.<BR/><BR/>It's really the only strategy for dealing with what's happening in the Islamic world short of anniliating them which is where I fear Kerry's war-of-last-resort doctrine would have gotten us.<BR/><BR/>Bush has restated it again in Atlanta, <BR/><BR/><EM>"I would remind the critics of the freedom agenda that the policy prior to September 11th was stability for the sake of stability: Let us not worry about the form of government. Let us simply worry about whether or not the world appears stable, whether or not we achieve short-term geopolitical gain," he says. "And it looked like that policy was working, and, frankly, it made some sense when it came to dealing with the Middle East vis-à-vis the Communists.<BR/><BR/>"The problem with that philosophy, or that foreign policy, was that beneath the surface boiled resentment and hatred, and that resentment and hatred helped fuel this radical Islam, and the radical Islam is what ended up causing the attacks that killed 3,000 of our citizens. So I vowed, and made the decision that not only would we stay on the offense and . . . get these people before they could attack us again. But in the long run the only way to make sure your grandchildren are protected, Paul, is to win the battle of ideas, is to defeat the ideology of hatred and resentment."</EM><BR/><BR/>I voted for Gore-Lieberman in 2000 because they were the best bet for a Liberal Internationalist then... someone opposed to the Kissenger Scowcroft power politics tradition.<BR/><BR/>Bush has picked up the banner... I think it's between this, and wait until things have gotton so bad anniliation the only answer. That Curtis LeMay approach is really the preferred choice of Americans... Kerry really presented it although few followed where his logic would lead us... <BR/><BR/>The Democrats are going to go the route of musclear isolationism... this is allready coming out in Ned Lamont's campaign...listen closely to him... he's not George McGovern.<BR/><BR/>If your committed to advancing peace and social justice in the world though, beyond America's boarders and a narrowly construed American self interest... I think you really have to stand with President Bush.Bill Baarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095486926836836714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25679032.post-1157818229620799942006-09-09T12:10:00.000-04:002006-09-09T12:10:00.000-04:00I was going to post the same thing over on my blog...I was going to post the same thing over on my blog, but you beat me to it!faustohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08858053354116695746noreply@blogger.com