It's amazing how many people don't know what the Bush Doctrine is

[qanda]

Perhaps that's why this country is in so much trouble. I hear journalists admitting that they had to stop and think about it or they really weren't sure about it. There are other boards I visit where a good portion of the people admit to not knowing what it is. It's downright frightening that people were blindly following after Bush without understanding the doctrine behind his warmongering. Some are using their own ignorance as a defense for Palin, which is just bizarre since she aspires to the 2nd highest office in the land, but hopefully her little slip up will make people actually pay attention and learn something.

[theoldman]

1. I am not sure exactly what the Bush doctrine is.

I don't think that Bush knows what it is. All I know is that it has not worked.

[riverdeep]

4. Pre-emptive strike.

They just give it the fancy name of a 'doctrine' to make it seem like it's a plausible way to conduct oneself.

[mtnsnake]

7. It gives Bush the belief he can invade Canada if he thinks it's a terrorist state

or if he thinks it harbors terrorists.

This doctrine only applies to smaller, weak countries, though.

[NNN0LHI]

12. Or even if he thinks they may be considering acquiring WMDs that is sufficient

The bar is set pretty low.

Hope Russia or China never uses a similar doctrine on us.

Don

[King Coal]

2. It's when you spray Shrub for bugs. Bush doctorin'.

[CrispyQ]

10. Damn! That sounds exactly like something the fool would say!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Fuzz]

14. Bush doctorin' was OBGYN's practicing their love I thought?

[Lebam in LA]

3. Scary, isn't it

but not surprising. People like being spoon fed the pablum. Makes them feel secure.:shrug:

[Wednesdays]

5. Maybe that's because most of us want it to just go away

:grr:

[Bobbie Jo]

6. You mean besides those who may be in a position to actually impose it?

:scared: :nuke:

[ddeclue]

8. The Bush Doctrine is in direct contravention to the UN Charter.

You can't just attack someone because you think they MIGHT attack you some time soon. It has to be a lot more imminent and proveable than that. Bush just made up a threat and then attacked the country. It was straight out of "Wag The Dog".

Doug D.

[riverdeep]

9. Are these people running for the second highest office in the land?

Then it's not terminology that they absolutely should be familiar with. Most people have never heard of spectroscopy, but if you're planning on being a chemist, you're considered a moron if you haven't.

They do however need to know what the terminology represents. The validity of the idea of taking out a region pre-emptively so one of our cities 'doesn't become a mushroom cloud' was debated endlessly.

[leeroysphitz]

11. In what regard?

[ColbertWatcher]

18. It's his world view. n/t

[taddles]

13. It's irrelevant if the press knows

what the Bush doctrine is, every applicant for high office should know it and should be able to intelligently make a comment on it's relevance to their campaign. Sara Palin hasn't got a clue on anything outside of Alaska. She is very questionably qualified to be Governor of one of the least populous states and certainly not qualified for any higher office. She is an insult to the presidential selection process and an insult to the American people.

[LiberalHeart]

15. I didn't know what it was, but I certainly knew about his great idea...

...that we should go clobber other countries that might possibly think at some time in the distant future to take a swipe at us, or not.

[DCKit]

16. No clue. Who could keep up? n/t

[TxBlue]

17. Anybody following Iraq news should know but most of all VP elect!!!! nt

[ColbertWatcher]

19. If Americans can be indoctrinated to know who is in the "Axis of Evil" ...

... why can't people know what the "Bush Doctrine" is?