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To: Lane3 who wrote (84297)	9/14/2008 9:52:12 AM
From: Sam	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541990

He may have spun that article a bit in an attempt to justify Palin's ignorance, but he attended the birth of the Bush Doctrine, was at the very least, the midwife. Not really. The Bush Doctrine actually has its roots in Bush41 when Wolfowitz write a white paper in 1991 or 1992 that resembled the 2002 paper. Bush41's team rejected it, though. Wolfowitz, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Abrams, Kristol and the other neocons held onto the basic preemtive premise--basically that the US could serve as the world's cop as guarantor of peace and prosperity-- until they could put it into practice with Bush 43. Krauthammer is part of that cabal, sure. But he wasn't the author of it, although he may have had some input into it in the early 90s, I don't know about that. But Wolfowitz was the one who at least got the credit or the blame for the original document.

To: Lane3 who wrote (84297)	9/14/2008 10:50:36 AM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541990

Well, if we want to start conversations between one another with accusations as to who missed the boat, perhaps I could then add some not so friendly point about you don't seem to have an oar. But I wouldn't do that. Would I? No.? As for the Krauthammer comment, my point is that K would have been vicious, well, given his style, something beyond vicious, if the ignorance about foreign policy which Palin displayed had been so displayed by a Dem vp candidate. There is much that can be said about this--hypocrisy, whatever. But it is what it is. Perhaps we should make some lists of inconsistency here. And start with conservative pundits. K is my initial one on the list, Bay and Pat Buchanan get positions of prominence. But not Peggy Noonan, who seems to have been consistent within the limits one might expect. If you wish to start with liberal pundits, go for it.