Forget the "Bush Doctrine" mega gaffe

[Uzybone]

the Bush Doctrine will die in 2009 anyways. The fact that this fool says war should be an option if Russia invades Georgia is insane. Yeah yeah I know in theory we are protect all NATO members, but tough talk about war with Russia is extremely foolish.

[alcibiades_mystery]

1. Russia will crush Georgia to tiny bits long before they sign any NATO paperwork

The mere whiff of NATO membership will cause Russia to obliterate the entire nation of Georgia, call it a terrorist haven, and dare the Europeans to join the fight without any oil.

The very notion that Georgia COULD join NATO is so far in kookoo land that only the most delusional neocons even harbor it.

[thunder rising]

2. However, to the VRWC the old USSR is the anti-christ.

[malik flavors]

3. The point is she didn't know what the Bush Doctrine was. Who cares when it will expire...

[Uzybone]

7. Understood

politically not even knowing what the Bush doctrine is is a big deal. But for the sake of the world, an ever bigger deal is someone who is a 72 year old, face cancer heartbeat away from the presidency is so flippant about war with Russia.

[woolldog]

8. I hope the next interviewer asks her about:

the Monroe doctrine and her feelings about that. :rofl:

[cliffordu]

4. She IMPLIED she believed that Georgia was already IN NATO, I thought...

[flamingdem]

5. Especially from a neophyte lipsticked pig with a fundamentalist agenda

Save me... I feel faint just thinking about it... Keep that nobody away from the button, and her high school diploma'd husband TODD also!

[krkaufman]

6. But, wow, her responses, as a whole, are so contradictory

She doesn't understand the Bush Doctrine even after Charlie explains it to her (emphasizing "imminent" threat), and fails to see Russia's action in Georgia as an application of the Bush Doctrine; and fails to see the contradiction in supporting an Israeli strike against Iran.

Completely incoherent policy positions delivered confidently. She seems just as strident and uninformed as Bush.

[endthewar]

9. The Bush Doctrine will be important for our next President

because it will decide how much backing we give to Israel if they want to attack Iran.

[chitty]

10. I ain't forgetting shit.

Kitchen sink strategy.

[rucky]

11. What was NATO's stance on Ossetia?

Wasn't there a window for diplomacy, there? Or do we just allow the provocation and wait for the fallout?

[WhiteTara]

12. Georgia is NOT in NATO n/t