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Originally Posted by dc_dux
... our diplomats should be tough. honest and aggressive....just not ARROGANT and OFFENSIVE to the point of being conter-productive.
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"Arrogance" is a subjective concept it can not be clearly measured.
"Offensive" is a subjective concept, it can not be clearly measured.
"counter productive" is a vague, who knows what it means?
The actions of the US have historically been called arrogant, offensive and counter productive in the Middle East. These comments often come from those who want to wipe Isreal off of the face of the map, and then the US. It comes from those who want to steal liberty control other people. We saw those kinds of comments regarding our veto Saturday. The nexsus in my logic says, if some percieve our UN Ambassidore as arrogant and offensive, so what! In fact, if everyone liked our UN Ambassidore I would wonder what was wrong with him or her. Advesaries and political opponents use those terms to get leverage, not to solve problems.
The Democratic Party won the mid-term elections, they got Rumsfeld, they are going to get a "new direction", heck, they are going to get an increase in the minimum wage (which appears to be #1 on their to do list), now I say it is time for the Party to stop playing political leverage games. If Bolton has not represented us in a manner worthy of our expectations, lets get rid of him. If he has been failing, we should be able to point to specifics, not generalities. Perhaps I am in the "fog", cause I simply don't see what you and the majority sees.
As usual this has been interesting. I just wish the stakes were not so high, the things being done can lead to a more peaceful world or WWIII.