Bush Bashing Expatriates: Anti-inaugural

Nice that they covered only the rejects who would whine about Bush. Personally, I think maybe they shouldn't bother coming back.

I must be missing something with all the bitching about Bush putting the USA out in harms way by what he said in the speech. Some even point out that Kennedy said similar things, but didn't really mean it.

Take Bush's promise to "stand with . . . all who live in tyranny and hopelessness." The sentiment is reminiscent of Kennedy's saying the U.S. would "pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty."

But history reveals that Kennedy did not actually expect to pay any price to defend liberty. Less than three months after he had uttered those words, he worried about the fate of the CIA-trained Cuban émigrés who had launched an invasion at the Bay of Pigs to overthrow Fidel Castro. Refusing to "pay any price," Kennedy altered crucial aspects of the invasion plan for fear that American fingerprints on the operation would arouse the ire of Castro's patrons in Moscow.

I find it beyond silly to see these "pundits" say that an inaugural speech will set the actual foreign policy for all actions that the USA will be involved in during Bush's term. Instead of comparing it favorably with how Kennedy's speech went and how he, in reality, picked his fights as best he could to fulfill the ideals that he spoke of. Instead they, again, make Bush sound like an out of control cowboy.

I should expect this type of stupidity to be out there. I just don't see any need to see it as intelligent commentary.