Bush faces backlash on the right

[varun]

The warmongers think that Dubya is too soft...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13908674/

...Conservative intellectuals and commentators who once lauded Bush for what they saw as a willingness to aggressively confront threats and advance U.S. interests said in interviews that they perceive timidity and confusion about long-standing problems including Iran and North Korea, as well as urgent new ones such as the latest crisis between Israel and Hezbollah....

...Conservatives complain that the United States is hunkered down in Iraq without enough troops or a strategy to crush the insurgency. They see autocrats in Egypt and Russia cracking down on dissenters with scant comment from Washington, North Korea firing missiles without consequence, and Iran playing for time to develop nuclear weapons while the Bush administration engages in fruitless diplomacy with European allies. They believe that a perception that the administration is weak and without options is emboldening Syria and Iran and the Hezbollah radicals they help sponsor in Lebanon...

...For many neoconservatives, a final straw came with the U.S. decision to offer direct talks and potential benefits to Iran as an inducement to curb its nuclear program. There appears little confidence that Bush will be able to muster support for strong international action against Iran, including air strikes to take out nuclear facilities....

[BOSSHOG]

1. "Conservative Intellectuals"

Thanks for the morning laugh!

Oh yeah it takes the intellectual brain of conservatives to rationalize more death, destruction and despair with no end in sight. We will leave Iraq when the last soldier is blown up along the side of a road.

[ProfessorGAC]

2. Exactly What I Thought

The first thing that popped into my head was "What could possibly be the credentials for being a conservative intellectual?" They terms are mutually exclusive.
The Professor

[BOSSHOG]

4. On a serious note

with such organizations as the heritage foundation and the claremont institute, these fools give themselves credentials and look at each other with respect and awe. There has to be some childhood trauma as the unifying factor amongst these people. Serious and well rounded education is not a prerequisite for membership into their wackjob universe.

[ProfessorGAC]

8. Also. . .

. . .critical thinking must not be a requirement. They are all so two dimensional. They draw all conclusions based upon "x therefore y" and the world doesn't work in two dimensions!
The Professor

[earthside]

10. Let's call them ...

"soft-boiled eggheads."

[bryant69]

3. Bush is a lame duck

And Bush doesn't have much of a legacy (at least not at this point). Both moderate and conservative Republicans have to figure out a way to ditch him.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[DanCa]

5. Now I've heard everything

They want more war and violence? How many people have died last week alone? Hell if they want to fight so damn much why don't they start enlisting?

[MannyGoldstein]

6. A Uniter, Not A Divider

Remember when Dear Leader was running for office and he said he was "a uniter, not a divider"? Well he was correct - we have all come together to agree that he's incompetent.

[mtnester]

7. Well, now he has merged those two words and is simply...

the decider

[MannyGoldstein]

9. Good one! [eom]

[cantstandbush]

11. An Untier not a uniter. nt