http://warincontext.org/2007/12/03/news-editors-comment-intelligence-community-puts-cheney-in-restraints/ ... with attention to the unseen Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:49:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://warincontext.org/2007/12/03/news-editors-comment-intelligence-community-puts-cheney-in-restraints/comment-page-1/#comment-645 Another Way Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:20:37 +0000 http://warincontext.org/2007/12/03/news-editors-comment-intelligence-community-puts-cheney-in-restraints/#comment-645 The pragmatists win again. It is amazing to see so many of Bush's ME policies shifting from the original neoconservative agenda to a more moderate stance. In the last week alone we have seen statements concerning both Lebanon and Iran that seem to utterly contradict the administration stance that we heard two or three weeks ago. The major difference? The White House is beginning to accept "stable" outcomes instead of demanding "ideal" outcomes. Would a Giuliani White House with advisors like Podhoertz and Pipes be so pragmatic? The pragmatists win again. It is amazing to see so many of Bush’s ME policies shifting from the original neoconservative agenda to a more moderate stance. In the last week alone we have seen statements concerning both Lebanon and Iran that seem to utterly contradict the administration stance that we heard two or three weeks ago. The major difference? The White House is beginning to accept “stable” outcomes instead of demanding “ideal” outcomes. Would a Giuliani White House with advisors like Podhoertz and Pipes be so pragmatic?

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