Bad Poodle (and bad scheduling)
So, Tony Blair Urges U.S. to Seek Help From Syria and Iran, saying "that Western strategy in the Middle East must evolve, possibly to include a “new partnership” with Iran."
(BBC) "His speech says that it is necessary to start with "Israel/Palestine" as it is "the core" but that progress is also needed in Lebanon, Iraq, and Iran."
Wow. Tying Israel/Palestine to other problems in the Middle East, that's not going to go over well with the Bush administration who, when asked, repeated his no talks stance while sitting on stage with Olmert.
Take just a moment to look at this from the other side's propaganda.
Bush and his aides meet with the ISG to discuss Iraq, then meet immediately afterwards with the Israeli PM. (propaganda would say to seek his approval.) The US's top ally says that the US should engage in talks with Iran and Syria, and Bush, sitting next to Olmert, calls for the isolation of Iran.
This is a PR disaster allowing a direct propaganda linkage of the US's policies with Israel. Who allowed Olmert to come on the ISG day? It's almost like someone was intentionally trying to preemptively subvert any possibility of diplomacy in......
Oh, right.
(BBC) "His speech says that it is necessary to start with "Israel/Palestine" as it is "the core" but that progress is also needed in Lebanon, Iraq, and Iran."
Wow. Tying Israel/Palestine to other problems in the Middle East, that's not going to go over well with the Bush administration who, when asked, repeated his no talks stance while sitting on stage with Olmert.
Take just a moment to look at this from the other side's propaganda.
Bush and his aides meet with the ISG to discuss Iraq, then meet immediately afterwards with the Israeli PM. (propaganda would say to seek his approval.) The US's top ally says that the US should engage in talks with Iran and Syria, and Bush, sitting next to Olmert, calls for the isolation of Iran.
This is a PR disaster allowing a direct propaganda linkage of the US's policies with Israel. Who allowed Olmert to come on the ISG day? It's almost like someone was intentionally trying to preemptively subvert any possibility of diplomacy in......
Oh, right.
posted by mikevotes at
3:09 PM
2 Comments:
Tony wants it both ways: he offers suggestions that are the polar opposite of the WH position, then he says he'll stand by America's side (read: Bush's side) no matter what. He is both pit bull and poodle. He stives to at odds with Bush policies and a champion of them at the same time.
He cannot be gone soon enough.
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-epm, at 11:13 PM
It's like McCain. Propose something you know will never happen to give yourself political cover as you "loyally" follow Bush down the drain.
Mike
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mikevotes, at 6:13 AM
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