Larry Miller says he was feeling kinda down the other day about the U.S. vs. the world and all, but then he called his friend Hamilton and just felt better. Hamilton said:
"President Bush is a Christian, and he stopped drinking on his own. He's tough as nails, and he knows right from wrong, and he's not going to do the politic thing, he's going to do the right thing. Every time. He's not his father, and he's not anyone else, and he's not interested in trying to make awful people like him. He's interested in fighting evil where he finds it and making the world a better place, and he will, because he's a man of his word. He knows he can't free everybody, but if it's a place that's in our national best interest, he'll make a plan, and he'll do it. Period. He's not going to turn gray or turn tail."We're not going to be whittled away in Iraq. Bush and Rumsfeld won't let that happen. They're going to tell their commanders to do the job, and these guys will do it. The Arabs have seen that, and they will continue to see it, and that's the only thing that will make them take notice. And they have. They're going to help this peace process and not let it die, because someone's going to force them to, and that someone is President Bush.
"Rumsfeld hasn't changed a bit, either. He did everything we love about him in Europe. They said he was annoying and impolite and undiplomatic. They hated him. It was great! Hell, every time the French or German ministers stood up to say something, the guy practically pulled out a crossword puzzle and put on a Walkman.
"Donald Rumsfeld is going to tell these wine-tasters what to do, and they're going to do it, and that's that. None of this is going to slip away, in fact it's all going to succeed, because this president decides what's right and then does it.
"Bush is ending the days of nineteenth century diplomacy, where a lie wasn't a lie, it was just a tool. Crap. He's going to listen to everything they want, then cut it off and say, 'Thanks for your valuable help. Now here's what's going to happen.'"
via the Weekly Standard
Posted by Alan at June 17, 2003 09:44 PM