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Ineffective US foreign policy
ecthompsonmd November 3, 2007

We can’t influence anyone any more.  There was a time in America’s distant past (before Bush II) that we could call up an ally and convince them the error of their ways.  We don’t have the clout to do that any more.  Furthermore, we must question such a close alliance with Pervez Musharraf.  This is a man who took power by force and has kept power by force yet, we continually say that we support liberty, freedom and democracy.  So, martial law has been declared by Musharraf.  All we can do is sit by and brood. ———— From BBC: Pakistan’s President

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Conservatives hot under the collar over Bush's foreign policy
ecthompsonmd July 19, 2006

Why?  I ask you why?  Bush had a foreign policy expert – Colin Powell.  Bush and Cheney treated him like he was a moron.  They shut him out of foreign policy discussions and decisions.  The conservatives didn’t say anything back then.  So, now, we have a Bush insider as head of state.  She understands Bush and his policy of All-Iraq, all the time.  So, why are the conservatives all red in the face?  They elected a man who wasn’t thoughtful, who shot from the hip, who was a gut man.  This is what they wanted and that’s what they got.  So why

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No Foreign Policy
ecthompsonmd July 16, 2006

As I sent out my mini-rant last night, I got an interesting response from one of my friends. Don’t forget Darfur, she said.  Wow.  I did forget.  I hadn’t mentioned Darfur in months.  This is the largest humanitarian disaster in years.  We know that it is going on.  The president hasn’t mentioned Darfur in over a year.  According to the White House web site, the last time that the president mentioned Darfur was in 2004 and that was simply a press release.  Today 2 op-ed’s in the NY Times really address the lack of leadership in the foreign policy arena from the

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