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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-07-07 09:43 AM
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Isn't one of the jobs of the Presidency to be a diplomat on the behalf of American Citizens?
Why then do we have a pResident who does not know that?

Main Entry: di·plo·ma·cy
Pronunciation: d&-'plO-m&-sE
Function: noun
1 : the art and practice of conducting negotiations between nations
2 : skill in handling affairs without arousing hostility : TACT
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Solo_in_MD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-07-07 09:47 AM
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1. Actually the president is responsible for foreign policy which may use diplomacy
but is not limited to it. Karl von Clausewitz had something to say on that as well
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-07-07 09:47 AM
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2. bush has been advised to play to his strengths
So he fucks everything up. He has no leadership skills, no diplomatic skills. He is as Dick Gephardt said, a miserable failure.
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-07-07 10:06 AM
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3. For bu$h bombs = profit for cronies
He has no interest in doing anything for the citizens of the US. Just the corporations run by his cronies.
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City Lights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-07-07 10:09 AM
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4. Not if the goal of the prezidunce is endless war.
Money trumps peace after all.
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