Political Quotes

“Let me quote several lines from this article in Business Week, not known as a liberal publication: But in broader terms, pressure on the White House to dangle inducements transcends the U.N. debate and goes to the heart of Washington's current dilemma--America's poverty of friendship. It goes on to say: And buying allegiances one country at a time is a far cry from building a cohesive group committed to a common cause. Another consequence of the Bush Administration's Iraq Policy is that it could unintentionally undermine the President's broader goal of implanting the seeds of reform in the region. If the intervention comes to be seen by Iraq's neighbors as illegitimate, the result could be more radicalism, not less. The Administration's lofty goals in the Mideast could be much harder to achieve if 'Americans are seen less as a partner than as a foreign power,' says Jon B. Alterman, who recently left the Bush State Dept. What a dramatic turn of events, and from the spirit of international cooperation, fighting the war on terrorism, for the United States to be in a bidding war to try to bring the Turks into the position where they will allow us to use their country, it is just such a change from where we were. It reflects a sad decline in our diplomatic skills.”