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Article #1176Re: Call Her an Idiot
From: Merlin Dorfman
Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2002 14:26
Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2002 14:26
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Charlie Wilkes (charlie_wilkes@easynews.com) wrote:
: On 3 Aug 2002 20:23:29 GMT, Merlin Dorfman <dorfman@rahul.net> wrote:
: > Of Bill Clinton's many accomplishments, domestic and foreign,
: >one of the more remarkable is making Bush I's rickety structure for
: >containing Saddam hold together and more-or-less work for eight
: >years. That it has fallen apart recently is no surprise; the
: >surprise is that Clinton (with some help from our "allies") was
: >able to keep some inspections going, keep the embargo in place, and
: >keep Saddam from exterminating the Kurds.
: > It is ironic that the collapse of this structure has fallen on
: >Bush II who must now find something to replace it.
: >
: I think both you and Soggy are wearing partisan blinders. Clinton did
: nothing vis-a-vis Iraq to distinguish himself as a exceptional
: statesman or strategist; neither did he fuck up on a grand scale. He
: stuck to a modest agenda that recognized the immense complexities of
: any policy in that region.
Maybe sticking to a modest agenda that recognizes the
complexities is exceptional statesmanship compared to what came
before and after :-)
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb1cb,45200f002c4c625f X-Google-Attributes: gidfb1cb,public X-Google-Thread: 107d03,45200f002c4c625f X-Google-Attributes: gid107d03,public X-Google-Thread: 1128d6,45200f002c4c625f X-Google-Attributes: gid1128d6,public X-Google-Thread: f824f,45200f002c4c625f X-Google-Attributes: gidf824f,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-04 07:26:44 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!crtntx1-snh1.gtei.net!sanjose1-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!news.mainstreet.net!wasp.rahul.net!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!dorfman.a2i!dorfman From: Merlin Dorfman <dorfman@rahul.net> Newsgroups: pdx.general,seattle.general,ba.general,la.general Subject: Re: Call Her an Idiot Followup-To: pdx.general,seattle.general,ba.general,la.general Date: 4 Aug 2002 14:26:23 GMT Organization: a2i network Lines: 23 Message-ID: <aijdif$5c3$1@samba.rahul.net> References: <uk6lqai7ni02c8@corp.supernews.com> <3D483EDF.B75A075C@dsl-only.net> <caczcasdrkrrkr18664042405@bizaveNOSPAM.com> <ukhrh3qi11g182@corp.supernews.com> <do3jkusv6aq27tuauoehnjntbvcjlcglkp@4ax.com> <ukj95vjv17cgef@corp.supernews.com> <vbbjku0o04cg328renn59cgv7ie33n0pl2@4ax.com> <ukkanb6886j4bd@corp.supernews.com> <qqdkku07956jhl0bvgessqvcl7ms1m0ame@4ax.com> <uklvvglpnvcmd6@corp.supernews.com> <p66mkug30gsd8biksvjs2t74br383k4nk4@4ax.com> <aihe41$icm$1@samba.rahul.net> <ibloku4emvu0hll7j6jorh78r682q70rr5@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: waltz.rahul.net NNTP-Posting-User: dorfman X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]