Iraq Occupation Erodes Bush Doctrine

[rhino47]

Analysis
Iraq Occupation Erodes Bush Doctrine

By Robin Wright
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, June 28, 2004; Page A01




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The occupation of Iraq has increasingly undermined, and in some cases discredited, the core tenets of President Bush's foreign policy, according to a wide range of Republican and Democratic analysts and U.S. officials.



When the war began 15 months ago, the president's Iraq policy rested on four broad principles: The United States should act preemptively to prevent strikes on U.S. targets. Washington should be willing to act unilaterally, alone or with a select coalition, when the United Nations or allies balk. Iraq was the next cornerstone in the global war on terrorism. And Baghdad's transformation into a new democracy would spark regionwide change.

But these central planks of Bush doctrine have been tainted by spiraling violence, limited reconstruction, failure to find weapons of mass destruction or prove Iraq's ties to al Qaeda, and mounting Arab disillusionment with U.S. leadership.

"Of the four principles, three have failed, and the fourth -- democracy promotion -- is hanging by a sliver," said Geoffrey Kemp, a National Security Council staff member in the Reagan administration and now director of regional strategic programs at the Nixon Center


Looks like the "legacy" of * is just another miserable failure.

[TacticalPeek]

1. On Charlie Rose just now,

Robin Wright said she had just spent ten days in Europe, and she was "stunned" by the high level of anti-American and anti-Bush sentiment.

And she probably was going in with at least a medium threshold.

[opihimoimoi]

2. Has Robin been in her nest too long...?

Bushed got MOONED by 500 people 3 years ago.

He is considered a Dufus of the worst degree

He flipped and he flopped

He lied, misled us

He didn't inform us after the Aug 6th Meeting when he got the WARNING

He is not addressing Global Warming

He is not preparing the Nation for diminishing resources/rising populations

He is NOT NORMAL

He is below average in verbiage

He is a Puppet

He dissed Europe/the UN/ Freedom Toast?

He cannot even read his lines

and he is condescending

"Now watch my drive"

"Anyone say its a good shot?"

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. Four half-assed principles put to the test the hard way

And four half-assed principles dry up and blow away like dead leaves.

Constructed by a evil little group of over-powerful heavy handed corporate nit wits.