 |
April 13, 2007First Bernie, Now Bolton?Who's advising whom (among the Presidential field) on Iraq policy? Jason Horowitz has some of the goods over at the NYO. And don't miss this snippet: Mr. Giuliani has criticized some aspects of the American performance in Iraq, but has basically supported the President’s plan without addressing its specific shortcomings. Asked about his day-to-day Iraq advisor, his campaign would only say that he speaks with many individuals, including retired Gen. Jack Keane and former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton. Oh my...Rudy had already lost me on foreign policy when I saw a piece he co-wrote with Newt Gingrich in the WSJ a while back comparing Iraq War strategy to his welfare reform/crime-fighting initiatives in New York. Baghdad ain't Bed-Sty, Mr. Mayor, I thought then. Seeing that his campaign thinks it a confidence-builder to note that Bolton is advising him on Iraq policy isn't exactly heartening either...With McCain hail-marying on the Iraq Surge, and Romney's, shall we say, confusing diversity of views on social issues (not to mention Mormon baggage), it's no wonder B actors are thinking of throwing themselves into the Republican presidential field. Speaking of Thompson, the hilariously titled "Pirates of Tehran" blog-post was enough to set off the poseur alarms pretty mightily, eh? Comments
Yeah, I think Republicans need a break from ruling. I think they are a better party in the minority holding the Democrats' feet to the fire rather than ruling themselves. I knew back in 2000 that Bush wouldn't be a good leader, but seriously, these past six years have been utterly horrible. Posted by: Dan at April 13, 2007 02:36 PM | Permalink to this comment
It was already obvious that the Republican talent pool is, on a humid day, about a molecule deep. But these clowns who've decided to run seem to be competing to make their party even more of a laughingstock. For that I'm actually somewhat grateful to them, in a perverse way. Posted by: sglover at April 13, 2007 04:07 PM | Permalink to this comment
Word, to both the previous posts (Dan and sglover). If Giuliani, Mitt, McCain and Fred Thompson are the best they can do, maybe they should just forfeit (as the Dems should have done in 2004; not that Kerry wouldn't have been a better president, but look at what he would have had to deal with, better to let George flail around in his own mess than waste millions of dollars trying to fight the RNC spinmeisters). And yeah, Bush's underwhelming qualifications were pretty clear to me from the get-go, it's amusing to see how surprised everyone is now that he's turned out to be such a doofus. His most important qualifications are (in this order):
And yeah, Bush's underwhelming qualifications were pretty clear to me from the get-go, it's amusing to see how surprised everyone is now that he's turned out to be such a doofus. His most important qualifications are (in this order): Yeah, but Republican apparatchiks assured us plebes he'd be surrounded by wise elder statesmen like Rumsfeld and Cheney -- the punchline to a sick and bitter joke, today.....
Baghdad ain't Bed-Sty, Mr. Mayor.... Of course, but ironically I thought it was supposed to be a major propaganda point for the GOP that Democrats thought fighting terrorism was a mere "police action," whereas only the Repubs realized the magnitude of the Global War on Terror. In reality I think that fighting terrorism doesn't fall neatly in either category. We've certainly seen some of the dangers of applying the war metaphor haphazardly. But I just thought that Giuliani contrast was notable. Posted by: Philip the Equal Opportunity Cynic at April 14, 2007 06:19 AM | Permalink to this comment
|
|
Reviews of Belgravia Dispatch
"Awake"
--New York Times
Recent Entries
A Brief (and Belated) Word on Chas Freeman
What Would Real--Rather Than Rhetorical--Change in U.S. Foreign Policy Look Like? Of War, and Tent Hospitals The Obama Imperative Some Addt'l Thoughts Re: Georgia McCain: Let's Compound the Blunder! Georgia On My Mind Should We De-Emphasize The Terror Threat in U.S. Foreign Policy? (Very Belated) In-House News Straits of Hormuz
Search
English Language Media
New York Times
Financial Times The Economist The Times The Spectator Daily Telegraph The New Yorker Washington Post New Criterion New Republic National Review The Atlantic The American Conservative Harpers The Week The Guardian Weekly Standard The Nation WSJ Opinion Matt Drudge Real Clear Politics
Foreign Affairs Commentariat
Non-English Language Press
The Blogs
Across the Aisle
Marc Ambinder America Abroad American Footprints The American Scene Armavirumque Bainbridge Jack Balkin Becker-Posner Balloon Juice &C (TNR) Phil Carter Chequer-Board Steve Clemons Juan Cole The Corner Crooked Timber Cunning Realist Clive Davis Brad DeLong Democracy Arsensal Daniel Drezner Kevin Drum James Fallows Glenn Greenwald Nikolas Gvosdev Hendrik Hertzberg Huffington Post Mickey Kaus Mark Kleiman Joshua Landis Daniel Larison Josh Marshall Eric Martin Obsidian Wings Oxblog Foreign Policy's Passport The Plank Post Global Gideon Rachman Romenesko Laura Rozen Andrew Sullivan James Taranto Katrina vanden Heuvel Volokh Conspiracy James Wolcott Matthew Yglesias
Law & Finance
Barron's
Bloomberg Bull and Bear Wise Calculated Risk CBS Marketwatch Contrary Investor Corporate Counsel Blog Corp Law Blog DealBreaker Deal Lawyers Blog Financial Sense Forbes Fortune Hussman Funds Bruce MacEwen Gretchen Morgenson Floyd Norris Barry Ritholz Nouriel Roubini Safe Haven SCOTUS Blog The Street 10b-5 Daily Yahoo Finance
Think Tanks
Security
Books
The City
Curbed
Eater Gothamist NY Magazine NY Post NY Press New York Observer On The Inside Tribeca Trib Vanishing NY Village Voice
Archives
March 2009
January 2009 November 2008 August 2008 July 2008 May 2008 January 2008 December 2007 November 2007 October 2007 September 2007 August 2007 July 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 February 2007 January 2007 December 2006 November 2006 October 2006 September 2006 August 2006 July 2006 June 2006 May 2006 April 2006 March 2006 February 2006 January 2006 Syndicate this site:
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|||
|
||||
