'Bush’s ‘cowboy diplomacy’ cause of terror attacks’

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

http://www.hipakistan.com/en/detail.php?newsId=en45908&F_catID=&f_type=source

AMMAN: A Jordanian newspaper on Friday blamed US President George W. Bush’s "cowboy diplomacy" for the previous day’s terror attacks on British and Jordanian targets in the region.

"Bush’s cowboy diplomacy, his insistence on bypassing international legitimacy in favour of illegal ‘pre-emptive wars’, have exacerbated extremism and poured fuel on the fire of terrorism," the Jordan Times said. It said Thursday’s twin anti-British suicide blasts in Istanbul and a deadly shooting outside Jordan’s embassy in Baghdad the same day had more in common that just the date on which they took place.

"There are some factors and some policies that are bound to add to an environment already conducive to the development of frustration, desperation, extremism and ultimately terrorism," it said in an editorial.

"Bush’s little political action has reaped negligible political progress on the fronts of Iraq and the (Middle East) peace process. His brutal military actions and reactions on the other hand have bred even more brutal violence."
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Better be careful, Jordan. Bush could decide that you are an 'evildoer' with WMD aimed at our shores.

[cliss]

1. It's interesting.

You would have thought that the Bush administration would have caught on to that fact a long time ago. Not so. I remember reading with escalating anger about how the Europeans viewed Bush (this was about 3 years ago). They detested his lone-sheriff, aggressive swaggering stance on politics. They despised his arrogance. They disliked his unabashed aggression, as he epitomized the ultimate about the Ugly American.

I thought, don't they get it? Apparently not.

A while back, I read an article about Cheney. They were asking him about Bush's perception as a "cowboy". His response: "it's not a bad thing at all, that he is perceived as a cowboy. Look at what he's been able to accomplish. He has been enormously successful with his style". He meant that The Bush's aggression had really paid off in the White House where he viciously rammed his agendas and succeeded without so much as a protest. He also walked away victorious from the midterm elections, and his brother's re-election in Florida.

It just goes to show: one man's loser is another man's winner. It just depends on where you are in this wide world.

[Ernesto]

2. "One man's loser is another mans winner"

Should read: one conscientious human being's loser is a greedy reptile's winner.

[leesa]

3. Those elections were stolen, just like the 2000 election and just like

the 2004 election will be stolen. We experienced a coup in 2000 and the rich of the world are going to take it all. We will be their slaves. The enablers working with them now, like the US media and the NasCar dads and soccer moms will also be their slaves, but they haven't figured it out yet.

[cliss]

4. I do believe you are right, Leesa

I remember listening to the radio about 1 month ago, and the talk show host was mentioning "exit polls" in the election 2000. You have volunteers who stand outside the voting booths, who keep track of voters' choices as they leave the building. The exit poll should reflect exactly what the voter did inside the building, right?

He mentioned that in Florida, exit polls were way off of the mark. Exit polls showed a much higher democratic preference than the final votes showed.

It appears that exit polls are the Republicans worst enemy.

[Catholic Sensation]

5. exit polling in florida was off because

many people are stupid and couldn't tell the difference between "Buchanan" and "Gore"