RSSMessaging is important in foreign affairs
Mar 13
By this point the people surrounding Bush must be utterly convinced they can say whatever they want and it becomes true. I think their hypocracy filter blew up before their first year in office ended.
Take a look at this:
Bush: Dubai ports storm hurts war on terror: President concerned about ‘message’ it sends to moderate Arab nations
Oh, wow, yes that’s true. It needs to be our first priority to ensure the Arab nations don’t get the wrong impression of the West. Hm, but I’m thinking there may be a better way to do that … how about not destroying one of their most populous countries, occupying it, and killing hundreds of thousands of people? Yeah, on second thought that could send a bad message…
Does any semblance of reality exist in US politics anymore?
Mar 14, 2006 @ 12:31:18
How surreal. Everything has turned upside down. Dogs are wearing condoms and Bush is defending Arabs. (http://dogcondoms.com/product-recall.html)
But really, Bush is a victim of his own success. He terrified an already xenophobic populace with tales of cultures at war. He played down his connections to the mideast oil sultans and played up his patriotism. He never publicly explained why Saudi Arabia and the UAE weren’t enemies, even though none of the 9/11 terrorists came from Iraq or Afghanistan.
He picked fights with so many foreign powers, friend and foe, that American citizens can be forgiven for assuming he had no allies left over there. Now he appears to be doing a 180 reversal, suddenly speaking out on behalf of his silent partners. It’s natural for people to be confused and sceptical. As is usual for Bush, his rhetoric has a whiff of truthiness to it, but everyone knows he never tells the whole truth.
The irony is tragic.
(http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/14/beauty.queen.death.ap/index.html)