tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post8552706692685992887..comments2024-03-27T17:27:49.087-04:00Comments on Strangely Blogged: Has This Really Been Netanyahu's Story for 25 Years?Vixen Strangelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01976594951225450413noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post-79720007515911810302015-03-04T15:03:01.952-05:002015-03-04T15:03:01.952-05:00Sad thing, mikey: It's working. For the Likud...Sad thing, mikey: It's working. For the Likudniks, and for the Republicans.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post-49717344744363061932015-03-04T11:55:18.432-05:002015-03-04T11:55:18.432-05:00This sort of public policy process has fascinated ...This sort of public policy process has fascinated me for a very long time. See, you can determine if a public figure is sincere about solving problems or is merely focused on implementing an ideologically driven agenda. A sincere effort at problem solving starts with defining the problem and then working up a set of solutions, all calibrated to address the specified problem while lessening any potential negative outcomes. The ideologue, on the other hand, starts with the solution - he doesn't care if it actually solves the problem, everything is merely an excuse to implement his agenda.<br /><br />So the sincere policy maker's solutions will vary widely, because they are intended to address different concerns. The ideologue will always offer the same solutions, because those policies are the point of his political power in the first place.<br /><br />Along with 'six months from a nuclear weapon' for decades, you can also consider tax cuts for the rich as the designated Republican solution to EVERY economic problem...mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post-18766324363963290532015-03-04T08:30:44.904-05:002015-03-04T08:30:44.904-05:00Funny Netanyahu doesn't remember that 2003 war...Funny Netanyahu doesn't remember that 2003 war. He had <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/26/world/middleeast/kerry-reminds-congress-netanyahu-advised-us-to-invade-iraq.html" rel="nofollow">a lot to say about it</a> back in the day.<br /><br /><i>”If you take out Saddam, Saddam’s regime, I guarantee you that it will have enormous positive reverberations on the region,” Mr. Netanyahu said then. “And I think that people sitting right next door in Iran, young people, and many others, will say the time of such regimes, of such despots is gone.”</i>Yastreblyanskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08335868257729063363noreply@blogger.com