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January 6, 2006 at 13:58:21
Bush announces radical shift in foreign policy; No U.S. media report it by David Sirota Page 1 of 1 page(s) |
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Here's the key excerpt:
"The Bush administration says it wants to be able to form 'coalitions of the willing' more efficiently for dealing with future conflicts rather than turning to existing but unreliable institutional alliances such as Nato. 'We ad hoc our way through coalitions of the willing. That's the future,' a senior State Department official said in a briefing this week."
NATO and the U.N. are by no means perfect, and America should continue to reserve its right to defend itself. Nonetheless, this declaration by the administration represents a radical shift in U.S. policy (at least its publicly-stated policy). And one that begs a very simple question: how could anyone - even the Bush administration - look at the Iraq "coalition of the willing" model as anything but an incredible failure? It has left American troops isolated in Iraq, and American taxpayers largely footing the entire bill for reconstruction.
And let's be clear - the American public does not support abandoning international institutions. A solid majority of the American public views the United Nations favorably. In 2003, the American public was clearly unhappy with the administration's refusal to secure broad international backing for the Iraq war. Even Fox News' skewed polling shows strong support for international institutions being seriously involved in places like Iraq.
I'm not going to go into how pathetic it is that the only paper that reported this story was the Financial Times - a paper not even based in the United States (and by the way, if I am wrong, please send me another media outlet that reported this - but the point still stands, almost no one has reported this).
What's important here is less the media's irresponsible laziness and more how the extremist neoconserative forces in the Bush administration are trying to dangerously alter America's national security policy in a way the public doesn't support and in a way that would severely weaken America's security for the long haul.
Originally published on Sirotablog @ www.workingforchange.com
David Sirota is a full-time political journalist, (The views expressed in this article are the sole responsibility of the author
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This is outrageous...
How can this be? How can something like this go unreported,unacknowledged, by the major media? It really makes me wonder what the hell is going on... What I'd like to know is exactly when and where Bush referred to the Constitution as "...just a goddam piece of paper..." How much more of this should we take before we impeach? by Bambic (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 17 comments) on Saturday, Jan 7, 2006 at 4:16:33 PM  (0+)
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UN Support
I remember when Bush was pressuring the UN to support his invasion of Iraq, and a poll at the time showed that the majority of Americans wanted to let the UN weapons inspectors finish their job. They did NOT want to invade Iraq, they wanted the UN to get involved. Bush cares nothing at all for what the American people want, he cares only about wealth and power. The problem is, I don't think that the American people are ready to come together and throw these criminals out of the White House. The only thing we can do is to keep trying to get the truth out and hope that it will wake them up. by Regina Carpenter (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 38 comments [1 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Saturday, Jan 7, 2006 at 4:23:12 PM (0+)
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