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To: stockman_scott who wrote (51239)	7/18/2004 1:29:51 PM
From: stockman_scott	of 89467

Mr. Bush has failed to have an open mind and seek wisdom and insight from multiple perspectives...Top leaders ask tough questions and actively seek out input from various sources...Pulitzer Prize Winner Bob Woodward claims Bush did not consult with Secretary of State Colin Powell when making his decision to pre-emptively strike Iraq...It's sort of amazing...Bush was relying on a small group of ideologically coherent, tightly-knit people who are not interested in alternative views...this may be the worst way to make a decision that would have an impact on so many American lives. Why did GW Bush fail to consider the views of dozens of top Foreign Affairs scholars...? Message 18314175 ___________________ Is Bush Deaf to Church Doubts on Iraq War? by Jim Wallis The Boston Globe Published on Monday, December 9, 2002 commondreams.org __________________ Mr. Bush failed to listen to some of the top "Realists" in the Foreign Policy world...University of Chicago's John J. Mearsheimer and Harvard's Stephen M. Walt were never actively consulted as the Bush/Cheney regime marched into Iraq... mtholyoke.edu Why did The Bush Administration never seriously consider "Vigilant Containment"...? I made a number of posts about this on this thread and on The Foreign Affairs Discussion Group thread. What would I do...? Be a MUCH BETTER listener than GW Bush...I would seek out input and advice from a variety of sources and I would actively question the assumptions that my top advisors and the CIA may have...Better listening leads to better recollection of important facts and issues later on, resulting in fewer miscommunications and fewer mistakes. Attention to good listening is even more important when complex issues are involved (I would say making a decision like going to war is as complex as it gets)...Our leaders in The White House never really listened to anyone but The NeoCONservatives...they did not listen to those in CONgress with other viewpoints...they did not listen to foreign policy experts that warned that a pre-emptive strike on Iraq would stir up a hornets nest and fuel MORE terrorism around the world...they did not listen to our Allies that were against going to war...Leaders that fail to listen and build effective coalitions are very dangerous. We now know that the Administration pressured The CIA to generate intelligence that might help justify a war in Iraq that we did not have to fight. In my opinion our current Leadership team has lost the respect of the world community...they can not get us out of Iraq with honor and integrity...I feel that the Kerry/Edwards team has a much better opportunity to rebuild The United States' credibility around the world...I also think a real war hero as a President would think long and hard before he would commit our troops overseas. -s2@RegimeChangeStartsAtHome.com

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