Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: carranza2 who wrote (74566)	2/16/2003 1:36:07 PM
From: paul_philp	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I think perhaps tb is referring to the general style of the Bush Administration in foreign policy, which has admittedly been abrasive, particularly as regards formerly great powers who hold no-longer-justified veto power at the SC. If that is the gist, I agree. The issue for me is that Bush makes himself an issue. He is not an inspiring figure on the world stage. However, I object to the idea that the French/German behaviour is caused by the Bush style. I think it is structural and thus inevitable. Tekboy's comparrison to Blair is right on, though. Paul