Take Two
It’s one thing when Germany’s Der Spiegel publishes a “Could Bush Be Right?” op-ed.
But two in one week? Read:
But Bush, for all his diplomatic bumbling prior to and even since the Iraq war (and including his faux pas on Wednesday night when he neglected to take off his gloves when greeting his Slovakian hosts), is not shy about confronting Putin when he sees a problem. Furthermore, he does so publicly, making it much more difficult for Putin to return to business as usual. Indeed, the cheery press conference — while to be expected — was all the more interesting for the clear disagreements separating the two leaders and the direct way Bush addressed those differences. Diplomacy, Bush seemed to be saying, can — and perhaps should — work like a friendship. Tell your friend when you think he or she is straying. But at the same time, show your commitment to the foundation of the relationship.
Chancellor Schroeder should take the lesson to heart.
Tipping point, anyone?
Tipping point? Yes, I can see that.
Tippling point? That I’m still looking for…
Bush Is Right, Take Two
Vodkapundit writes:
It’s one thing when Germany’s Der Spiegel publishes a “Could Bush Be Right?” op-ed.
But two in one week?
Check it out here.
It’s all so disorienting. What next? Hillary Clinton becoming a moderate?
The German press has been so virulently anti-Bush over the last few years that it will take quite a few more swallows before I can declare the Spring has arrived.
I hope the coverage becomes more even-handed, but I doubt it.
Steven L.
PS I have been reading the blog for quite a while; I both enjoy and envy your writing a great deal.
As I said in this blog last week the German people are not all against W. A small minority are. The MSM lies when they say this minority is a majority. I get my info first hand from relatives living there.
Schadenfreude, anyone, for the European left?
What was it the REAL Churchill said?
“A German is either at your feet or at your throat?”
Most Germans have always backed Bush. That’s why Schroedre’s party has been badly defeated in elections in 03 and this year.
It also explains why he has just decided he likes Cowboys! Like Hill he knows how to sail with the wind as opposed to fighting it by tacking.
Germans doubting their own press. Where have I heard that before?
Does anyone know if this was publish one the Deutsch site also and will it see hard copy print?
The question is “Is Bush right?”
Wait it the get a load of this.
Egyptian president Mubarak seeks nation’s first elections
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/nation/11001716.htm?1c