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from the BBC Bush foreign policy under attack
A group of senior former US government officials will release a statement later this week condemning President George W Bush's foreign policy. The group call themselves Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change.

They say Mr Bush's policies have made the US more isolated and less safe, and damaged its standing in the world.

The BBC's Jon Leyne in Washington says former officials have criticised Mr Bush before, but this time the critics are especially well-respected.

They include William Crowe, who as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, was America's top military officer and Admiral Stansfield Turner, a former director of the CIA.
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Those signing the statement say they believe the Bush administration has made the international outlook more unstable and dangerous.

"A lot of people felt the work they had done over their lifetime in trying to build a situation in which the United States was respected and could lead the rest of the world was now undermined by this administration - by the arrogance, by the refusal to listen to others, the scorn for multilateral organisations," William Harrop, ambassador to Israel under President George Bush Senior, told the Los Angeles Times.

The signatories have also attacked US policy on Iraq, saying that all the assumptions made by the administration before the invasion have been proved wrong.

Nothing new here. The only people in the Cellar who like Bush do not even have the balls to put up facts in response to my so many citations. Citations from responsible sources all over the world. The mental midget president is just that. So bad that even Bill Kristol of the Weekly Standard, a vulcan, and a founding member of the Project for a New American Century has publically criticized this administration for making a mess of Iraq. More important, lets not forget why no one is going after Osama bin Laden.

Virtually every high ranking and now retired US General has called George Jr's war on Iraq wrongheaded. They say Saddam was completely cornered and was not a threat to anyone. Today we know that is completely true. So why is bin Laden running free? Blame the intelligence of this president and those who blindly support him.

In the meantime, watch interest rates. This is what happens when a government is spending like a mad dog. Yet does not even ask Congress for the massive funds necessary to cover current costs in Iraq. We are now well over the $200billion mark and clearly on target to meet or exceed the $400billion cost to liberate people who did not want to be liberated. And lets not forget that the mental midget president originally said this war would only cost about $2billion because Iraqi oil would pay for it. How many lies does he have to tell before we call him a liar?

American foreign trade deficiets today set new world records. But then what should we expected when, for example, the mental midget president quashed jobs in the productive Steel reprocessors industry by raising tarriffs to save the massive salaries of anti-American, anti-innovative steel makers.

These people in the BBC news report will only criticize George Jr for making the world less safer. They will not mention his moves to stifle free trade. They will not mention the massive numbers of scientist who now proclaim that George Jr has undermined American science for his political agendas. Some in the Cellar will respond with references to their body functions rather then defend the mental midget president. Why? They have nothing - no facts - to justify their love for god's choosen president. The tone of this post is justifed by the damage that the George Jr administration has inflicted to America.

Insiders keep asking this question. Did George Sr approve of what George Jr did in Iraq? Why do they ask? Because George Sr's advisors and friends have been very critical of the George Jr administration. George Sr is suspected by many to have disapproved of George Jr's international policies and has choosen to stay silent. It is also known that George Jr never consults George Sr for advise. Many close friends of both have said so AND George Jr publically says he does not consult with his father. So yes, there is good reason to believe even George Sr does not approve of his son's international actions.

I still remember the look on Tom Clancy's face when Charlie Rose asked him why we have this mess in Iraq. Tom Clancy said quite bluntly, "Because we elect idiots". A clear and blunt reference to George Jr. , mental midget president. No wonder George Jr loves Sharon.