"Bullying and intimidation are not acceptable ways to conduct foreign policy in the 20th century."
No, they're not acceptable. I must like the individual quoted here. Wonder who it is?
"I've expressed my grave concern about the disproportionate response of Russia and that we strongly condemn the bombing outside of South Ossetia."
Yep, I agree again. Who IS that?
"The world has watched with alarm as Russia invaded a sovereign neighboring state and threatened a democratic government elected by its people. This act is completely unacceptable to the free nations of the world."
Uh oh. Qualifications? ...'a democratic government'...unacceptable to the free nations of the world...
Now who is it that qualifies everything in that manner? At first it sounded like an intellectual sophisticate, dismayed at uncivil responses in a striven-for civil world. But then the hint that only 'democratic' nations deserve not to be bullied. And I can hear an undercurrent of authoritarianism, can you feel that? Or is it a touch of moral authority, rooted in religion...?
Ummm. Let me think.
Who might opine on a foreign stage about his or her adoration for democratic governments?
Who uses the word 'free' so freely that 'freedom' no longer really means the state of being free or at liberty?
Who thinks he or she has the right to tell other countries what is unacceptable?
Oh, I've almost got it! It's on the tip of my pen. Blast, who could that be? Give me one more hint.
"Russia's signing of a cease-fire plan with Georgia [is]'a hopeful step'. At the same time, HE (Aha! It's a guy!) warns Russia not to make claims on two disputed parts of the former Soviet republic. HE says there's 'no room for debate' on the matter."
Ohhhh! Who is that guy who thinks he can dictate to other nations?
I've got it! I've got it! The idea that someone can 'warn' another nation not to do something and declares 'there's no room for debate'...that gave it away.
Couldn't be anyone but our self-crowned king, George.
No one else can...preemptively start a war on someone else's land,
invade that country's governmental offices,
dismiss its standing army,
depose the leader,
lay claim to billions of dollars of oil for himself and his cronies,
murder thousands of Americans under the guise of freedom,
neglect the veterans he creates,
cause hundreds of thousands of civilians to die...
...and then tell someone else they can't do it.
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excellent post!
but bullying is the American Way!
It sure is the American Way. After it was the British Way. And the French Way. And the Dutch Way. And any other country that thinks it has the right to 'colonize' another sovereign land.
The difference with Bush is that only HE gets to wear the Bully Mantle.
And it's soaked in 'War in Terror' blood.
Sorry, War ON Terror.
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