[lit-ideas] Bush's weakness on foreign policy
- From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 08:34:03 -0700
Conservative Anger Grows Over Bush's Foreign Policy
By Michael Abramowitz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, July 19, 2006; Page A01
At a moment when his conservative coalition is already under strain over domestic policy,
President Bush is facing a new and swiftly building backlash on the right over his handling
of foreign affairs.
Conservative intellectuals and commentators who once lauded Bush for what they saw as a
willingness to aggressively confront threats and advance U.S. interests said in interviews
that they perceive timidity and confusion about long-standing problems including Iran and
North Korea, as well as urgent new ones such as the latest crisis between Israel and
Hezbollah.
"It is Topic A of every single conversation," said Danielle Pletka, vice president for
foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, a think tank that
has had strong influence in staffing the administration and shaping its ideas. "I don't have
a friend in the administration, on Capitol Hill or any part of the conservative foreign
policy establishment who is not beside themselves with fury at the administration."
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/18/AR2006071801373.html?sub=AR
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