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Sabre Rattling, Texas Style

By Thomas Jeffrey

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Article Posted: Sunday May 4, 2008

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The disclosure last week of both video tape and photographs of a purported Syrian nuclear reactor —which was later destroyed by an Israeli air strike — are now being used by the Smirking POTUS as a warning to those who dare challenge the will of the Bush Doctrine.

Speaking at the White House this past Tuesday, Mr. Bush made it clear in no uncertain terms that both Iran and North Korea face the same threat of an air strike within their sovereign borders if they choose not to cooperate with the UN Security Council and come clean about their own respective nuclear programs.

The mysterious destruction of the nuclear facility, which, according to intelligence materials, appeared to be of a North Korean design, had not been officially confirmed by either side until last week.

Syria, which has continually denied that anything at all had occurred last September in the desert south-west of its Damascus capital, later scrubbed the site clean. Israel, for its part, while trying to contain its glee, was nevertheless forced to deal with Benjamin Netanyahu’s unguarded statements that it was, indeed, the Israeli air force that had done the deed. He later retracted his statement.

Now, with the United States coming forward with what it knows — ostensibly because the environment in the Middle East is currently less volatile — the whole bloody mess is being turned into a propaganda campaign, with the Bush Administration attempting to use the disclosure to try and get North Korea to live up to is obligations and sign some kind of agreement about limiting its own nuclear ambitions, while at the same time saving face with the right wing of the Republican Party.

Ladies and gentlemen, this Leftwing Nutjob wonders whether or not the Smirking POUTS “sprint to the finish” mentality regarding his few remaining months in office is now forcing him to accept any kind of foreign policy accomplishment, however limiting, even if it compromises the now flawed neo-conservative world view. And as it currently stands, North Korea may end up signing an agreement that is less stringent, less forthcoming than what President Bill Clinton secured nearly a decade ago, an agreement that was derided as nothing short of worthless by the current administration only two years ago.

I wouldn’t call President Bush’s foreign policy accomplishments over the past eight years a complete failure — after all, there is Poland — but its pretty darn close.

Bush defends Syria reactor claim — BBC News

- posted by: Thomas Jeffrey and May 4, 06:32 AM in Bush-Administration

 

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