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[title] => LAME DUCK PRESIDENT
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[bodytext] => 'The Bush administration does not understand the world it faces and is unable to handle 'in either style or substance' the responsibilities of global leadership, an eminent group of 27 retired diplomats and military commanders charged yesterday. 'Our security has been weakened,' the former ambassadors and four-star commanders said in a statement read at a packed Washington news conference. 'Never in the two-and-a-quarter centuries of our history has the United States been so isolated among the nations, so broadly feared and distrusted.' The sharp public criticism of President Bush was striking, coming from a bipartisan group of respected former officials united in anger about U.S. policy. Among those who signed the statement are Adm. William Crowe, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President Reagan and ambassador to Britain under President Clinton; and Marine Gen. Joseph Hoar, appointed by George H.W. Bush to lead U.S. forces in the Middle East. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2001958066_diplomats17.html 'Today we see that structure crumbling under an administration blinded by ideology and a callous indifference to the world around it. Never before have so many of us felt the need for a major change in the direction of our foreign policy.' Phyllis Oakley, former assistant secretary of state for intelligence and research. 'We were totally unprepared for the post-combat occupation. So we see here unfolding before us a total disaster.' Retired Gen. Merrill A. 'Tony' McPeak, former air force chief of staff O/ You can say I don’t tell it like it is But here are OTHER words that show That Bush has alienated many Those who speak are in the know This brainless president Has led you down a shameful path Read the figures Do the math No WMD in Iraq No terror links No 9/11 help The whole thing stinks He has created anarchy from a fearful day He has ineptly lost What was all to play Just HOW wrong can one man be? Enough to shame America For one lifetime Or to eternity? Well, eternity is long But his actions do ensure The stigma of incompetence Will outlive his tenure He took a possible chance Stemming from a dreadful day He drove it into the dirt Future generations now to pay What a sickening loss He has made of it all And at terrible cost America's rep to fall It's overdue he was told To fold up his sorry tent This sad joke, this fool This lame duck president [comments] => 1 [counter] => 194 [topic] => 41 [informant] => steeleyes [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => political )
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