But I imagine he would have behaved a little differently over the last six and half years if “overtaking” every oilfield in the Mideast was his sole desire.

Also, I’m inclined to assume that the inordinate amount of time he has been spending with “leading authors, historians, philosophers and theologians” summoned to the White House, discussing questions like “What is the nature of good and evil in the post-Sept. 11 world? What lessons does history have for a president facing the turmoil I’m facing? How will history judge what we’ve done? Why does the rest of the world seem to hate America? Or is it just me they hate?” seems to show a President obsessed with his legacy rather than one obsessed with overtaking every oilfield in the Mideast.

Bush is an out of control madman, whose sole desire is to overtake ever oilfield in the Mideast, thus enabling him to take over the world.

your gallant knight-in-shining-armor act might help to raise her credibility in the eyes of some of our readers if your comment actually displayed some modicum of reading comprehension on your part, some small smattering of sense.

you are probably best off referring only to things other than the content of my post.

when you start saying my post somehow proposed a solution to the Kashmir mess, and that my proposed solution involved India giving up territory to Pakistan, you raise basic doubts not only about your credibility or your reading comprehension but also about your sanity.

Besides, Condi is smart enough

relatively coherent argument up to that point. then it all kind of went pear-shaped.

still better than your previous efforts here. i do find your continuing rice defending here and elsewhere to be cute, if annoying.

what pray have I proposed?

Sure, an agreement between Pakistan and India over the Kashmir would be nice. So would the development of warp drive. Doesn’t mean it’s going to happen anytime soon. India isn’t going to give up the hammerlock it holds over Pakistan as long as the Pakistanis have an atomic program and the ISI continues to fund Islamist irredentist movements in Karghil and in India proper.

All that can be done, for the time being, is to enforce the present status quo of Cold Peace. Besides, Condi is smart enough to have bet on India and Japan, which was something that Democrats didn’t pick up on. We initiated the U.S./India nuclear treaty for a reason. She also expanded the U.S./Japan Naval treaty of 2005 for the same. And we’ve been busy with the Australians, as well, who are knee-deep in the F-22 program and their own naval expansion.

People who actually do this stuff for a living understand that we have vastly improved our strategic position in the Pacific Ocean in the past six years, an immense achievement during a period of setbacks in the Middle East. People in the Republican Party who are concerned about Chinese ambitions understand this, which is why Condi has lots of admirers.