Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[seabass]

>>>how much international politics is involved in running a household???....<<<



You rave here about the Bush presidency. By YOUR definition, a president doesn't get much better than GW Bush which also means that by YOUR definition, successful international politics is NOT part of a successful presidency. Unless of course, the entire Washington conservative establishment has it wrong and you got it right.


Conservative Anger Grows Over Bush's Foreign Policy

"At a moment when his conservative coalition is already under strain over domestic policy, President Bush is facing a new and swiftly building backlash on the right over his handling of foreign affairs.

"It is Topic A of every single conversation," said Danielle Pletka, vice president for foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, a think tank that has had strong influence in staffing the administration and shaping its ideas. "I don't have a friend in the administration, on Capitol Hill or any part of the conservative foreign policy establishment who is not beside themselves with fury at the administration."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/18/AR2006071801373_pf.html




William buckley Jr, grandfather of american conservatism says:

"And in respect of foreign policy, incapable of bringing together such forces as apparently were necessary to conclude the Iraq challenge."

Asked what President Bush's foreign policy legacy will be to his successor, Buckley says "There will be no legacy for Mr. Bush."

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/22/eveningnews/main1826838.shtml