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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (65382)1/10/2003 10:30:48 PM
From: paul_philp  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 281500
 
Nadine,

I was simply correcting Tekboy's s(n)ide comment lumping us together. Since we agree on some subjects we must blindly agree on all subjects. I will stop thinking and asking questions now, can you just email me my opinion every morning. ;-)

If I understand Tekboy's thinking about Bush, it might not matter what Bush thinks personally. His lack of knowledge and his personality leave him open to manipulation by his team, senior staff and bureaucrats.

There is also the critical meme that says Bush might get these call right (to not trust Arafat, to call out NK) but his policy decisions that follow are impractical.

Personally, I like that Bush can take a stand on an issue and insist that the world deal with the ugly realities that became transparent after being tolerated for so long.
However, I don't know that this approach won't cause unbearable havoc in the world. There seem to be a large number of foreign policy experts very worried about that outcome.

Paul