A Boston Globe editorial lambastes the aWol DisasterMonkey --
Perhaps Bush forgot that his ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker, has been holding talks about Iraq with an Iranian counterpart. If so, there were Knesset members who could have reminded him. Israelis are intensely aware of the strategic gifts that Bush bestowed on Iran by toppling Saddam Hussein’s regime and empowering Iran’s Shi’ite proteges in Iraq. Indeed, few have done more to enable Iran than George W. Bush.
It also seems to have slipped the younger Bush’s mind that his own policy for keeping nuclear weapons out of Iran’s grasp is to encourage diplomacy along with mild United Nations sanctions.
The diplomatic discussions have been conducted between Iran and key European allies, Britain, France, and Germany — with the explicit approval of Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Bush’s secretary of defense, Robert Gates, also favors talking to Iran.
Maybe the worst thing about Bush’s Knesset attack on Obama is that it shows how oblivious Bush still is to his own failings. His unilateral military ventures, his disdain for international treaties and organizations, his refusal to negotiate with Iran when the regime in Tehran was eager to cut a deal with the United States — these mistakes produced the disasters that Obama or another successor will have to overcome.
It also seems to have slipped the younger Bush’s mind that his own policy for keeping nuclear weapons out of Iran’s grasp is to encourage diplomacy along with mild United Nations sanctions.
The diplomatic discussions have been conducted between Iran and key European allies, Britain, France, and Germany — with the explicit approval of Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Bush’s secretary of defense, Robert Gates, also favors talking to Iran.
Maybe the worst thing about Bush’s Knesset attack on Obama is that it shows how oblivious Bush still is to his own failings. His unilateral military ventures, his disdain for international treaties and organizations, his refusal to negotiate with Iran when the regime in Tehran was eager to cut a deal with the United States — these mistakes produced the disasters that Obama or another successor will have to overcome.
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