Bush is out of there. There is dearly little that matters to any of his policy decisions especially when it comes to ratching up rhetoric or the tensions in a Return to the Cold War.
But, if Democrats are already retreating on 'the ability' to even DEFINE success, then they will begin to lose the ground they have won in a 'hard fought for' majority.
Having RUSSIAN MISSILES parked at the borders of FORMER Soviet States is NOT success.
Okay?
Got that?
RUSSIAN MISSILES parked at the borders of FORMER Soviet States is NOT success.
Tauscher is reacting as a typical WASHINGTON "bureaucrat" that huffs and puffs as if there is actually something that can be done with Russia from the standpoint of strong arming that nation. There isn't. The USA is tied up in an illegal, immoral and unnecessary war in Iraq, it is the USA that has increased tensions globally by playing 'brinkmanship' at every turn and has FAILED to secure either Afghanistan or Pakistan leaving them WIDE OPEN to the resurgence and SUCCESSFUL resurgence of the Taliban.
It would seem to me that 'bureaucrats' regardless of party affiliation that have NO real way of measuring the abilities of the USA to LEVERAGE power ANYWHERE in the world right now. Let's see what is the value of the US dollar today? Need to begin to understand they have a new 'lease on life' internationally and they should harness the ability to negotiate and bring about peace and non-proliferation as a 'global answer' to any form of aggression regardless where it started.
Honestly. I thought most Democrats were at least savvy enough to realize THE MAP has changed as of November 4, 2008; but; maybe they only think they have been given FREE REIGN of the power of the USA.
I don't think so ! We've already seen what that does and if that occurs again, come 2010, the Democrats won't be very happy.
THINK ABOUT IT !!!! Jerks !
Tauscher Calls Russian Comments ?unfortunate? (click here)
Rep. Ellen O. Tauscher (D-Calif.) dismissed recent comments by Russian President Dmitri Medvedev about redeploying missiles as primarily for his country’s “domestic consumption.”In a speech Wednesday, Medvedev said that if the United States proceeds with plans to install a ballistic missile interceptor system in Poland and the Czech Republic, Russia would deploy short-range missiles near Poland.The election of Barack Obama was recognized around the world as a positive step, said Tauscher, who leads the House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee. “The only person who didn’t get the memo was President Medvedev. It was an unfortunate tenor and an unfortunate speech. But it is something we can work with.”...
