Thank you ratbastid for yor intelligent, and fair aproach to this issue
I very much appreciate that.
If we look back in history at china or japan.
when they entered an isolation period
how much culture and technology was lost
the same isolation happened in european kingdoms
with a weaker effect because their neighbor preserved what would be lost.
an isolated (insulated) president is dangerous
I wonder if Bush is questioning current intelligence
in light of the
tonkin gulf info recently released
I saw on CSPAN an interview with President Johnson's press secertary
He said President Johnson was given the untrue intelligence
because "it was what they thought he wanted to hear"
But if he had known the truth, history would be quite different.
on a side note:
from the msnbc article
Quote:
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A White House aide, who like virtually all White House officials (in this story and in general) refused to be identified for fear of antagonizing the president, says that Murtha was a lost cause anyway and dismisses the notion that Bush is isolated or out of touch
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That is a dramatic contradiction
"refused to be identified for fear of antagonizing the president"
and
"dismisses the notion that Bush is isolated or out of touch"
IMO the above statement makes the capitalhillblues
articles easier to swallow