Bush does that through exactly that cowboy swagger that the Euros hate so much. Rudy can do that, too, and even people who don’t follow politics or have strong preferences on the issues know that Rudy isn’t going to balk at demonstrating our resolve when it is tested. Our enemies will know that as well

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And we know this because he says so or because he has mastered irascibility? Dear God.

Libtards are apparently very afraid of Rudy…be afraid, be very afraid…
JustTruth101 on May 1, 2007 at 3:33 PM

Giuliani is a hard-ass. He had to be in order to run the political interference for the NYPD crackdown on street crime during his mayoralty.
chsw on May 1, 2007 at 5:45 PM

Think you are on to something. The Left NEVER does this sort of hysterical piece unless they perceive a real threat.
Maybe the problem is really this: What kind of Judicial Tazmanian Devil might President-former-Prosecuting-Attorney Giuliani appoint as AG? Can think of a few political opponents who have personal, vested interests in making sure that never happens.

chsw

A fair suggestion, but I think that if at some point Hillary were to come upon the idea that her enemies and America’s enemies are the same thing… Like, for instance, if a public opinion poll said that Americans hate terrorists…

Well, I don’t see that happening. Now I know she’s not stupid in the sense that she’s dumb, but she’s let her arrogance and ambition cloud her mind. Remember the VWRC was her statement. She may know that the islamist terrorists would gun her down too, but again her arrogance blocks her apprehension of them because she believes they are stupid and unable to stand up against leftists in the end. They expect to do away with their mutual enemies and then each other.

A non-proliferation czar might not be a bad idea in itself. John Bolton has some experience in that field, I believe..

Also, to get through the primaries, we haven’t seen nothin’ yet in sozi nuttiness, including from her.

Unfortunately, I believe she’d spend more time being ruthless with us instead of the terrorists. We’ve already seen this.

ScottG on May 1, 2007 at 2:58 PM

Exactly!

ScottG on May 1, 2007 at 2:58 PM

A fair suggestion, but I think that if at some point Hillary were to come upon the idea that her enemies and America’s enemies are the same thing… Like, for instance, if a public opinion poll said that Americans hate terrorists…

Directed at the right target, I can see Hillary being shockingly hawkish. Perhaps not in direct military means, but she has the high Mob Don factor that makes me think that foreign enemies would be found floating in a lake somewhere.

Unfortunately, I believe she’d spend more time being ruthless with us instead of the terrorists. We’ve already seen this.

We have a winner!

Shrillary is not our enemy’s worst enemy. She’s ours. We need a Mad Dog Mattis in the Oval Office.

The Clinton White House was ruthless and cutthroat in a way that should make the Democrats lynching Alberto Gonzales blush crimson. If we have to have a Democrat, I’d rather it be her than any of the others.

Unfortunately, I believe she’d spend more time being ruthless with us instead of the terrorists. We’ve already seen this.

They’re not a serious party, so they’ll pick Obama.

The Democrats–the “nurturing parent” party as their own strategist/guru George Lakoff dubbed them– are constitutionally incapable of doing so

I don’t think this is true, at least not in Hillary Clinton’s case. Firstly, she didn’t have to look around to see how the other kids were going to answer when asked “Is there a war on terror?” Secondly… to me, Clinton ranks up there with Karl Rove on the Emperor Palpatine scale. The Clinton White House was ruthless and cutthroat in a way that should make the Democrats lynching Alberto Gonzales blush crimson. If we have to have a Democrat, I’d rather it be her than any of the others.

Sometimes the best way to slay a monster isn’t to send in a hero, but to send in a bigger monster.

but I really do admire his ability to project resolve and…let’s face it…menace when it comes to matters of national security. The race will be very interesting when the other Republican candidates learn to project that as well

Face this: Fred! has got “menace” aplenty.

One of my concerns with Governor Romney’s proposal is that it sends a strong signal of weakness both internationally and domestically.

Internationally, I think that it sends a signal that the Governor is ready to abandon the Bush Doctrine’s bias towards preemption in favor of another layer of diplomacy that can be gamed by rogue states for their advantage. If I were the leader of a rogue state, not only would I be continuing to ignore/frustrate the United States thru all the current diplomatic avenues available, but I would be ready at a moments notice to make the very public appeal to “send in the new Ambassador for talks”. I’m not sure that Romney would be able to say “No” to such a request, after having advanced and created the position for just that purpose.

Domestically, I think that it appears as if Governor Romney is taking a page from the Democratic playbook by offering the “Ambassador plan” as a “competency”/”smarter, more effective” approach to Nuclear proliferation. Not only would this new Ambassador have to navigate a mine field of Agency turf battles in practice, but it would also be handcuffed from the outset by Constitutional Officers with differing agendas. In fact, I doubt it would be long until Romney had to “elevate” the position (maybe to Cabinet level?) in order for him to maintain it was an office that had any real teeth.

I wrote at Ace’s that it seemed like an approach that favored rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic over addressing the Iceberg problem. In any event, it appears to me as a walk-back from the strong preemption model.

And on this particular issue, I prefer to take my chances with preemption, even if done unilaterally, than with diplomacy.

Quicker link to the ferret thang. (click on full episode, go to 22:00)

I’d missed that before. Now I wanna hear him talk to a Truther…

Russia should be replaced with Iran

That’s all we need — two Irans.

My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes

Only this time it shouldnt be a joke and Russia should be replaced with Iran……….

Rock on…………….