We have to do more to reach out and get the rest of the world in on the game, |
We need a civilian commitment in Iraq equal to our military one. |
We need a regional strategy that persuades Iraq's neighbors to wield their influence with the Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds for political compromise. They will do it, because no one other than the terrorists has an interest in Iraq descending into civil war, |
We need a strong voice in New York who knows the U.N. and who can advance our reform agenda. But we don't need a voice which people may not be inclined to listen to, ... And I fear that, knowing your reputation -- and your reputation known well at the U.N. -- people will be inclined to tune you out. |
We quite frankly have no policy now; there is no policy. I would not call it benign neglect; I would call it malign neglect. |
We should be looking at that very closely. It appears to me that this is, if not abused, being close to abused. |
We should not focus on the issue of whose scalp should be delivered. We should be talking about what we are going to do quickly, dramatically and graphically about the circumstance we find ourselves in at this moment, |
We're losing them because they look over there and they think ? there's this giant gap between what they see and the rhetoric they hear. |
We're rolling the dice with you, judge, ... because you won't share your views with us. You've told me nothing in this Kabuki dance. The public has a right to know what you think. |
We've got ourselves a conundrum here. |
Well, I think based upon that job application where he said he strongly held these views, yes. |
What everybody tells me here is, 'Don't think the fight against the Taliban is over,' |
What happens when our ambassador has to stand up and make the case on intelligence relating to Iraq and North Korea? ... Do you think John Bolton is going to be believed? And do you think it matters? I think it matters a great deal. |
What's being reflected in these hearings and these discussions is there's an overwhelming lack of confidence that the president is up to the job here since they've made such terrible mistakes since the end of, quote, the war, ... American Morning. |
What's the plan, Stan, tell us, |