Word: cowboyism
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...political elite enjoyed fondue and spaetzle, the miserable truth became apparent: most of the world doesn't believe the Administration of George W. Bush has yet made a case for war in Iraq. The talk in Davos was all of America-the-arrogant, America-the-bully, America-the-cowboy. All of which places in sharp focus the character and policies of one man who manifestly does believe in America and its President and who is about to face the biggest test of his career: Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair...
SEVERE The European allies balk at Bush's war cries, calling him a cowboy. Of course, if Saddam marches on Paris, we know whom they'll call...
...political elite enjoyed fondue and spaetzle, the miserable truth became apparent: most of the world doesn't believe the Administration of George W. Bush has yet made a case for war in Iraq. The talk in Davos was all of America-the-arrogant, America-the-bully, America-the-cowboy. All of which places in sharp focus the character and policies of one man who manifestly does believe in America and its President and who is about to face the biggest test of his career: Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair...
...succor them is a war of moral clarity. For his foes, the term was cheap and illogical nonsense; there was no "axis," it was said, for the three nations posed different and discrete threats. As for branding them evil, that just proved once again that Bush was an ignorant cowboy who saw a multihued world in monochrome...
...bidding war for assets of the British power company the Energy Group in 1998. A respected veteran energy executive, CEO Nye anted up $7.6 billion to win the deal. Soon after, a cartoon in the British press depicted a Texas Utilities meter reader ringing a doorbell--dressed as a cowboy...