Isn't one of the jobs of the Presidency to be a diplomat on the behalf of American Citizens?
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Sat Apr-07-07 09:43 AM
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Isn't one of the jobs of the Presidency to be a diplomat on the behalf of American Citizens? |
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Why then do we have a pResident who does not know that?
Main Entry: di·plo·ma·cy Pronunciation: d&-'plO-m&-sE Function: noun 1 : the art and practice of conducting negotiations between nations 2 : skill in handling affairs without arousing hostility : TACT
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Sat Apr-07-07 09:47 AM
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1. Actually the president is responsible for foreign policy which may use diplomacy |
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but is not limited to it. Karl von Clausewitz had something to say on that as well
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Sat Apr-07-07 09:47 AM
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2. bush has been advised to play to his strengths |
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So he fucks everything up. He has no leadership skills, no diplomatic skills. He is as Dick Gephardt said, a miserable failure.
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Sat Apr-07-07 10:06 AM
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3. For bu$h bombs = profit for cronies |
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He has no interest in doing anything for the citizens of the US. Just the corporations run by his cronies.
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Sat Apr-07-07 10:09 AM
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4. Not if the goal of the prezidunce is endless war. |
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Money trumps peace after all.
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