Zbiggy!!!!

[chucK]

Awesome Op-ed!

 

Check it out Peter

 

Here's some highlights:

 

"America's ability to cope with nuclear nonproliferation has also suffered. The contrast between the attack on the militarily weak Iraq and America's forbearance of the nuclear-armed North Korea has strengthened the conviction of the Iranians that their security can only be enhanced by nuclear weapons.

 

Moreover, the recent U.S. decision to assist India's nuclear program, driven largely by the desire for India's support for the war in Iraq and as a hedge against China, has made the United States look like a selective promoter of nuclear weapons proliferation. This double standard will complicate the quest for a constructive resolution of the Iranian nuclear problem."

 

[...]

 

"At the same time, the direct and indirect costs of the war in Iraq are mounting, even beyond the pessimistic prognoses of the war's early opponents, making a mockery of the administration's initial predictions. Every dollar so committed is a dollar not spent on investment, on scientific innovation or on education, all fundamentally relevant to America's long-term economic primacy in a highly competitive world."

 

[...]

"It should be a source of special concern for thoughtful Americans that even nations known for their traditional affection for America have become openly critical of American policy. As a result, large swathes of the world - be it East Asia, or Europe, or Latin America - have been quietly exploring ways of shaping closer regional associations tied less to the notions of trans-Pacific, or trans-Atlantic, or hemispheric cooperation with the United States. Geopolitical alienation from America could become a lasting and menacing reality"

 

He does actually suggest a course with which we could rescue ourselves. Hint: it involves bipartisanship. Talking to democrats!!? Ugh!

[Peter_Puget]

Zbiigy presided over:

 

the Iranian-hostage debacle, the disastrous rescue mission, the tragicomic odyssey of the terminally ill shah, the first and last Western Olympic boycott, oil hikes even higher in real dollars than the present spikes, Communist infiltration into Central America, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Cambodian holocaust, a gloomy acceptance that perpetual parity with the Soviet Union was the hope of the day, the realism that cemented our ties with corrupt autocracies in the Middle East (Orwellian sales of F-15 warplanes to the Saudis minus their extras), and the hard-to-achieve simultaneous high unemployment, high inflation, and high interest rates.

 

 

Go BZiggy GO...away!

 

 

[Jim]

By this logic the Dems could use Bush for an excuse to screw up for the next 100 yrs. Excellent example of issue avoidance.

[Peter_Puget]

Actually Jim in an article without supporting documentation reviewing a writers history is not avoiding any issue.

 

But here are some comments re the first quote.

 

"America's ability to cope with nuclear nonproliferation has also suffered. The contrast between the attack on the militarily weak Iraq and America's forbearance of the nuclear-armed North Korea has strengthened the conviction of the Iranians that their security can only be enhanced by nuclear weapons.

 

The Iranian nuclear program predates the Iraq invasion. I see no reason to believe that Iran’s ultimate goal has changed. I would hasten to add that while their strategic goal hasn’t changed, it is quite possible that on a tactical level they might have allowed the program to be more visible in an effort to drive wedge between the US and Europe. In this regard Zbiggy is yet again reading the situation incorrectly and becoming an unwitting tool of the Iranians. Perhaps consistency is not a virtue. The existing array of artillery currently aimed at So. Korea could very quickly kill millions. Zbiggy seems to not consider this reason enough to tread softly.

[EWolfe]

 

All this fuss over a violinist?

[foraker]

I like how PP steps right up to the plate and goes for the jugular: why attack the message when you can attack the messenger? Typical. Oh, so typical.

[Stonehead]

Why should the nuclear club be limited to Russia, USA, France, Britain, and China? Haven't we already let Pakistan, India, Israel, and perhaps South Africa into the fold? I know, I know. It seems so reckless to allow the number to proliferate but given the state of tension between some players isn't a balance of power in nuclear arms actually stabilizing assuming that the leaders are rational, sane people?

 

Also, are we to deny the right of other people to self-determination in regard to energy self sufficiency?

[Peter_Puget]

I like how PP steps right up to the plate and goes for the jugular: why attack the message when you can attack the messenger? Typical. Oh, so typical.

 

Ya it's just terrible when someone points out that his actual job performance sucked! I am sorry.

 

[cj001f]

Ya it's just terrible when someone points out that his actual job performance sucked! I am sorry.

Didn't stop pimping CEO W, did it?