tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29320675.post5196246570611042155..comments2023-10-30T09:10:39.502-07:00Comments on (insert title here): our "failed" presidentBrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06799024060528185282noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29320675.post-38907111258859008052012-02-14T09:38:58.825-08:002012-02-14T09:38:58.825-08:00You're right. We should probably prop up some ...You're right. We should probably prop up some hard-line, western-friendly puppet governments instead. Because <i>that</i> surely won't cause any problems for us down the road.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06799024060528185282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29320675.post-42212006994809843982012-02-08T18:38:11.994-08:002012-02-08T18:38:11.994-08:00Um, Brian, there are increasing indications that t...Um, Brian, there are increasing indications that the "Arab Spring" is yielding to an "Islamist winter." I hope it doesn't happen, but let's be real here; it's not an unalloyed good what's been happening here.Bike Bubbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193546045614393425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29320675.post-87307276397096696962012-02-07T18:54:31.367-08:002012-02-07T18:54:31.367-08:00...doing less (my prefered foreign policy) is a lo...<i>...doing less (my prefered foreign policy) is a lot easier to acheive than wide-ranging visions of how much better off everybody would be if they just did it our way.</i><br /><br />Easier to achieve, harder to sell (in this country.)Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06799024060528185282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29320675.post-50461997672476993932012-02-07T18:10:34.748-08:002012-02-07T18:10:34.748-08:00definately an abject failure from a neocon standpo...definately an abject failure from a neocon standpoint.<br /><br />i'm reserving judgement, but i've already stated that i appreciate his more even-handed approach to israel. if the zionists are pissed off, then something must be going right.<br /><br />but then again... doing less (my prefered foreign policy) is a lot easier to acheive than wide-ranging visions of how much better off everybody would be if they just did it our way.Ginohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09606046924332159076noreply@blogger.com