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| Clinton's secretary of state reminds us how lucky we are to have a Bush administration |
| 2006-07-31 |
| by William Kristol Every time neocon warmongers like me get exasperated by the Bush administration (and we've had increasingly good reasons for exasperation in the last year or so, I might add), someone like first-term Clinton secretary of state Warren Christopher pops up. Maybe "pops up" isn't quite right, conveying as it does an implication of activity and even energy. So let's just say that Warren Christopher presented his credentials to the Washington Post op-ed page Friday, criticizing the Bush administration, more in sorrow than in anger. Bush, you see, had "resisted all suggestions that the first order of business should be negotiation of an immediate cease-fire between the warring parties," i.e., between the state of Israel and the terrorist group Hezbollah. Christopher's piece needs to be read to be believed. It needs to be read as an example of the fatuousness of liberal elite opinion about the world we live in. That opinion is dominant in the Democratic party--and, unfortunately, has penetrated the Bush State Department more than one would wish. Still, Christopher's op-ed is such a convenient reminder of how much worse things could be that one wonders whether he's on Karl Rove's payroll. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 ...penetrated the Bush State Department more than one would wish. State has been 'penetrated' for at least 50 years. Liberal fatuousness is an entry requirement. |
| Posted by: PBMcL 2006-07-31 01:25 |
| #1 Warren has fallen, and can't get up |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-07-31 01:07 |