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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (209832)	11/1/2004 4:38:45 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1576660

"In his weekly column for King Features Syndicate last year Cronkite blasted a foreign-policy speech Bush gave recently in London as ''eloquent, idealistic and worrisome.'' Cronkite said Bush's address was masterfully crafted to defend his foreign policy against widespread European hostility, although parts of it sounded a bit ''off-key'', leading Cronkite to question the president's ''depth of conviction.'' Cronkite wrote: ''That depth is suspect because of his poor record of following through. In Afghanistan, the pledge to reconstruct and democratize that country seemed all but abandoned in order to concentrate forces and finances on the invasion of Iraq. Remember the "road map" for Israel/Palestine? Palestinian terrorists shredded it with their suicide bombs, but not before Bush had failed in his promise to pressure both sides to make critical concessions. He denounced and renounced Yasser Arafat, but seemed, as he had in the past, unwilling or incapable of holding Ariel Sharon's feet to the fire. Today there is growing skepticism concerning his promise to stay the course in Iraq. With the security situation there worsening by the day, the decision to craft a new plan seemed not just defensible but mandatory. But suspicions were raised by the new timetable, which would put an Iraqi council in charge by next June and send a substantial number of American troops home. It might be simply coincidental that this timing meshes with next year's re-election campaign. But coincidence does inspire some skepticism.''" worldnetdaily.com