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- Subject: Re: More cabinet appointments
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- Date: 30 Dec 92 13:02:01 GMT
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- Jonathan:
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- >one's real feelings come out when you look at appointments and
- >laws that were pushed for.
-
- Politics is similar to chess. You don't appoint people because you
- have personal preferences, just like you don't move pieces because
- you like their form or shape. Everything is usually calculated to
- satisfy certain political interests. Personal feelings, no matter
- how strong, are usually put on hold.
-
- I think I can guess which of the following explanations of Bush's
- adventure in Somalia you are likely to choose:
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- a). President Bush wants to revive the New World
- Order doctrine.
- b). He wants to deflect world attention from Bosnia
- to escape the pressure to intervene there.
- c). It was dictated by Somalia's strategic location
- (sea routes from the Mediterranian to the Indian
- ocean). The former USSR had a Navy base on the
- nearby Socotra island as well as an Air Force base
- in Somalia itself.
- d). The desire to have US troops not far away from the
- explosive Middle East region. Iran seems to become
- the next 'villain' there, needing constant attention.
- e). Both Bush and Clinton seem to want to establish the
- Rapid Deployment Force. The operation Restore Hope
- is a good dress rehearsal for that.
- f). President Bush wants to create a foreign policy
- problem for Clinton.
- g). The need to save starving children in Somalia.
-
- Sam.
-