Comments on: The Man is Baffling http://politicsandpress.com/2006/the-man-is-baffling/ The interaction of the press and politics; public diplomacy, and daily absurdities. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:01:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Jeff http://politicsandpress.com/2006/the-man-is-baffling/#comment-53 Fri, 17 Nov 2006 22:12:02 +0000 http://politicsandpress.com/2006/the-man-is-baffling/#comment-53 Granted, it can be difficult to understand what the hell Bush is saying; here is a bit more from the Times that clarifies... "In private, some White House officials concede that Mr. Bush’s visit to Vietnam for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting, scheduled many months ago, is proving to be spectacularly poorly timed, because of all the uncomfortable parallels between the two wars. For example, just as Lyndon B. Johnson did in 1968, Mr. Bush has ousted his longtime defense secretary and nominated a realist with “fresh eyes” to replace him. Just like President Johnson in 1968, he is conducting a broad rethinking of strategy, and is hearing options he does not like."... "“We tend to want there to be instant success in the world,” Mr. Bush said after a lunch with Prime Minister John Howard of Australia, “and the task in Iraq is going to take a while.” A minor comment - Bush is not the first sitting American president to visit Vietnem - that honor goes to another guy who missed serving there - Bill Clinton. Granted, it can be difficult to understand what the hell Bush is saying; here is a bit more from the Times that clarifies…

“In private, some White House officials concede that Mr. Bush’s visit to Vietnam for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting, scheduled many months ago, is proving to be spectacularly poorly timed, because of all the uncomfortable parallels between the two wars.

For example, just as Lyndon B. Johnson did in 1968, Mr. Bush has ousted his longtime defense secretary and nominated a realist with “fresh eyes” to replace him. Just like President Johnson in 1968, he is conducting a broad rethinking of strategy, and is hearing options he does not like.”…

““We tend to want there to be instant success in the world,” Mr. Bush said after a lunch with Prime Minister John Howard of Australia, “and the task in Iraq is going to take a while.”

A minor comment - Bush is not the first sitting American president to visit Vietnem - that honor goes to another guy who missed serving there - Bill Clinton.

]]> by: Kiwi http://politicsandpress.com/2006/the-man-is-baffling/#comment-50 Fri, 17 Nov 2006 21:40:01 +0000 http://politicsandpress.com/2006/the-man-is-baffling/#comment-50 Perhaps Bush was just his usual inarticulate self? Could he have been pandering to our erstwhile nemesis? Isn't it possible he was complementing their stamina? Like he saying they taught us the value of staying the course? I guess they couldn't have left but they coulda quit. Perhaps Bush was just his usual inarticulate self? Could he have been pandering to our erstwhile nemesis? Isn’t it possible he was complementing their stamina? Like he saying they taught us the value of staying the course? I guess they couldn’t have left but they coulda quit.

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