The Five Fatal Mistakes of Bush's Mideast Policy - New England Patriots Forums

Holy Diver · 11-30-2006, 02:03 PM

From Time Magazine:

http://www.time.com/time/nation/arti...563750,00.html

1. Bush ignored the Palestinians.
2. Bush invaded Iraq.
3. Bush misjudged Iran.
4. Bush hurt Israel.
5. Bush alienated Muslims.

an interesting read and perspective. I would add:

2a. Bush lied during his SOTU speech about Iraqi WMDs to get congress on board for an invasion.

***Patters*** · 11-30-2006, 02:56 PM

When Bush first got elected, he met a lot of international criticism for largely disbanding the U.S. role in the Middle East peace process. As a result, what we now have is the sad sight of president humiliating himself as he try to finds a role. He had no role in the Hezbelloh-Israel conflict. The Saudi King would only hold a relatively brief meeting with Cheney. The head of Iraq didn't want to have dinner with Bush.