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Originally Posted by gldstwmn
 You obviously don't know me very well. Of course, if you've got better ideas, then I'm willing to read them. |
Take a look at the language that George, Condi & pals are using. "I call upon the governments of the world..." "The world ought to call them to task..."
Did you
ever hear the Bush administration talking about "the world" before? Their line has always been, "Change, or suffer the consquences," with an implied "from us!" This is an administration that previously had never been afraid to act unilaterally when it came to kicking people's asses around the globe.
Now compare SOTU 2003 with SOTU 2006. This is a White House that secretly knows what a mess it's made, and they know they can't get away with making any more, even if they're half-legitimate. Their only foreign policy plans for the year are to keep holding on for dear life in Iraq and hope that somehow everything starts to work out, while trying to get other nations to deal with any other emerging threats. They got bitch-slapped in 2005, and they can't afford to have the same thing happen again during an election year.