danarhea said:
If you dont mind my saying so, the term "right wing" is bandied about in a derogatory way as much as the term "liberal" is. I would like to make a correction:
Bush and his bunch are not really right wing, nor are they the Conservatives they claim to be. They are Neoconservatives, whose mentor was Irving Kristol. Kristol was a card carrying member of the Communist Party, and his son, William, has stated on numerous occasions that he would be willing to fight against Conservatives and would support pro-war Liberals (there are a few of those). Although Irving Kristol reputed much of Communist ideology, he still kept strategic elements of it. This is the ideology that the Neocon movement sprang from.
The whole concept of left versus right as a basis of political discussion is a faulty one in today's climate, because these words have been used to divide the American people by both the Democrats and Republicans.
Very perceptive and may I be one of many to say welcome to Debate politics. It is great to see you here.
I think that even more than a neocon or hawk movement though, the Bush Administration is really just a continuation of what we saw with Reagan-which to put it nicely is not good news for the economy in about 3 years, especially with the new round of tax cuts that have just been proposed. I think, however, that we have seen more elements come into this white house that have been both conservative (yes), neoconservative, and hawkish-because there is no real other way to describe that attitude. This has been seen especially in dealing with other countries. Forgive the rant as I am about to leave on a trip and have to get some stuff out.
Bolton just basically gave a de-facto fu to the UN nations and said "Hey, you better sign this, or I am going to trash the UN as quickly as I can possibly do so." I now how no idea why Voinivich (sp?) wanted to keep this guy away from the UN...none at all...amazing. More will come out about this in the next few days, and I urge you all to keep your eyes and ears up for it.
Basically, this is what it proves-Bush didn't learn his lesson that he was supposed to from Iraq. He alienated his best friends in the world and started to try and win them back in the past few months. Instead of saying...you know, I am going to appoint someone who they can work with and they might like, I am going to appoint someone who will seek to destroy (again, more on that in the next few days, hell, maybe even tomorrow, depends on how quickly this story breaks...basically, they have a limited time to sign this declaration) the very foundation that has helped them so many times. He said, once again, I don't need you. Mistake, mistake, mistake. I would have thought he could try and at least reign in John Bolton once he got there, but maybe this is what he wants to do-alienate his allies further. Amazing.
Alright...rant over. Again, welcome to the forum and for the most part your analysis is spot on.