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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dan B. who wrote (461496)	9/19/2003 12:33:20 AM
From: Kevin Rose	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Yes, I don't think you'll find anyone in this administration who will say that diplomacy is a waste of time. However, I don't think it is the first tool that some would draw on. Specifically, they are the ones that I label 'neocons'. Rumsfeld, with his undiplomatic way of putting things. Cheney, who should be an ambassador for American good will. Wolfowitz, whose mind-bogglingly bad counsel has gotten us off to such a rotten start in post-war Iraq. Those who write and shape Bush's speeches, which rarely offer a symbolic olive branch to other nations (e.g. his 'challenge' to other nations to help in Iraq; the smarmy 'coalition of the willing', etc). I believe the neocons rely too heavily on the "big stick" recipe, and forget Teddy Roosevelt's not-so-secret "speak softly" ingredient.