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Originally Posted by scaeagles
We can all look at priorities of administrations present and past and disagree with them.
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Sorry to drag this back up, but I've been meaning to readdress this. We're not talking about priorities. We're talking bald face hypocricy. It's not like Bush said, "Sorry Taiwan, we'd love to help, but we're a little busy right now." No, he sided with China. This from the man who's said that wherever people are struggling for their freedom, he'd help. Gee, well, here's a prime example, and he instead does the exact opposite and tells them to screw off.
The thing is, I don't know enough about the situation to know whether he was right or wrong to do that. But that's not even the point. The point is, the man is cramming this freedom and liberty rehtoric down the American public's throat as if he's on some holy mission, and then doesn't follow through. He talks in grandiose ultimatums, but only applies them to Iraq. So what does that say? Clearly he doesn't believe the rhetoric he's spouting, else he wouldn't be having brutal dictators touring his private ranch. So to me, it just shows that he's using the rhetoric to cover his mistakes, and to cover whatever his real motives in Iraq were (which has been so shrouded in lies and double-talk that I'm oblivious to what those are, but oil and revenge are likely candidates). It probably means he doesn't give a rat's ass about the Iraqi people beyond how their plight affects his approval. So whatever the outcome in Iraq, the fact remains that Bush is a pompous blowhard out for his own interests.