How do you feel about Bush's "flip flop" on Middle Eastern Diplomacy?

Question

dstr - that's the flip flop, now how do you feel about it?

dkefenton - I've agreed with the President on most decisions. I've never aked why is he not changing strategy. I just want to know what others think of his reversal.

thenextJF... - I put flip flop in quotes (" ") for a reason, because that is what other s are saying. This question on no way implies if I am either for or against the current call for diplomacy. Please, never equate me with the Left. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Answer 1

There is actually no "flip flop," as you suggest. The United States has indicated that it is open to attending Iraq's request for a "Neighbor's Summit" with Iran and Syria. It is clearly understood that the West's demands for Iran to abandon its nuclear enrichment programs are "off the table" at this summit. So is the United Nations resolutions demanding the disarmament of the Palestinian Authority. Had the United States been represented at this summit by Colin Powell, I would have been concerned about a conciliatory tone toward countries that seek to terrorize the free, democratic world. However, our representative will be Condoleezza Rice, and therefore we can be 100% confident that American interests will be heard and vigorously defended. This administration has been nothing if not absolutely resolute in applying pressure against terrorist-sponsoring regimes, even to the point of throwing them out of power. Certainly makes for a nice change from the Carter-Clinton policy of appeasement.

Answer 2

The United States agreed this week to join high-level talks with Iran and Syria on the future of Iraq, an abrupt shift in policy that opens the door to diplomatic dealings the White House had shunned in recent months despite mounting criticism. The move was announced by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in testimony on Capitol Hill, after Iraq said it had invited neighboring states, the United States and other nations to a pair of regional conferences.

"I would note that the Iraqi government has invited all of its neighbors, including Syria and Iran, to attend both of these regional meetings," Rice told the Senate Appropriations Committee. "We hope that all governments will seize this opportunity to improve the relations with Iraq and to work for peace and stability in the region."

The first meeting, at the ambassadorial level, will be held next month. Then Rice will sit down at the table with the foreign ministers from Damascus and Tehran at a second meeting in April elsewhere in the region, possibly in Istanbul.

The Iraq Study Group, the bipartisan panel whose recommendations were largely ignored by the administration, had recommended such a regional meeting in its December report. Rice and other administration officials emphasized, however, that these conferences would be led and organized by the Iraqi government and not, as the study group suggested, by the United States. Still, Democrats seized on the announcement as a long-overdue change in direction by the administration.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

I think it is a good move on his part...if belated.

I am fascinated with the reaction of the left however. On the one hand, you demonize and marginalize him for months for not following your advice. And then, when he does, you demonize and marginalize him for "flip-flopping".

It would seem that, no matter what he does, you will condemn him. That says a great deal more about you...than it does about him.

Answer 5

So one moment it's "Why is Bush too stubborn to change course and try something else?" and the next it's, "Why is Bush flip-flopping?" One might almost think you're not interested in a solution so much as just bashing the President.

Answer 6

Did you have a particular one in mind? I can think of a bunch off the top of my head.

Here's a nice list to choose from;

http://flipflops.compassiongate.com/iraq-fp.htm

One example;

1.8. Saddam/Al Qaeda Link [via CAP]

FLIP
9/25/02 - [Bush]: "You can't distinguish between al Qaeda and Saddam when you talk about the war on terror."
IN SHORT:
It is impossible to distinguish between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda.

FLOP
9/17/03 - [Bush]: "We've had no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved in Sept. 11."
IN SHORT:
We have to distinguish between Saddam and Al Qaeda because we have no evidence Saddam had any role in 9/11.
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Answer 7

He's just copying,kerry,clinton,pelosi,boxer,byrd,dred kennedy and the rest of the flip flopping defeatocrat party!

Answer 8

Bush is the biggest flip flopper ever.

Answer 9

Bush has shown us just how easy it is to dupe the American People. We really must be a bunch of rubes to have elected this bozo TWICE!

Answer 10

he should have got flip flopped out of office almost two years ago.