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Looking to answer critics of his lack of foreign policy experience as he ran for president in the spring of 2000, George W. Bush rolled out his wise men. Doesn't matter, said Bush. I don't have to know everything; elect me, and I'll call on all the best people for advice: Heavy hitters like Colin Powell, Dick Cheney, Don Rumsfeld, Henry Kissinger and Brent Scowcroft. But on the question of whether to invade Iraq, which may yet come to define the second Bush presidency, the foreign policy wise men of the CEO president's own party have...
...Republican wise men essentially urged President Bush to get a grip on his administration's public stance on Iraq. The reason: In the absence of clear signals from the White House, hawkish rhetoric and media leaks were provoking panic among U.S. allies. Although the statements by senior Republican skeptics vary, the common theme is that the administration has yet to make a strategic case for a military campaign to remove Saddam, and to assemble the appropriate coalition. President Bush's comments on Wednesday suggest he's heard their complaints...
...Wise men say only fools rush in but I can't help falling in love with you. Shall I stay would it be a sin If I can't help falling in love with you? -Elvis Presley, "Can't Help Falling in Love...
...think that the decision President Bollinger announced to postpone the decision is quite a shrewd and wise one,” Fallows said. “It’s a good sign of his commitment to the subject...
...course, there’s no hiding the fact that I am not as wise and infallible as the Mom of my youth. And as much as I loathe the fact that my kids will endlessly question and test every decision I make, I know very well where it comes from. I was painfully—and I mean this quite literally—reminded of my own adolescent tendencies just a week before I arrived in Denver. I was visiting my mom in San Francisco when I went outdoors for the day without sunscreen. She had reminded...