Number Eleven
Bush Flip Flopped on nation-building. First he opposed it, now he's spending all our resources doing it.
According to an article on FoxNews.com:
"Four years ago, Republicans condemned nation-building, distrusted China and argued on behalf of Chechen civilians. What a difference a new convention makes...Criticism was also levied in 2000 against nation-building in Somalia and Haiti, arguing that those missions were indicative of a pattern of arrogance in diplomacy that alienated U.S. allies. But now that the
Bush administration has found itself nation-building in Iraq after deposing Saddam Hussein, the platform has gone silent on the issue."
The Bush campaign could very reasonably argue that the GOP platform changed because the world changed. But when their opponents respond to changing circumstances, they label it Flip Flopping and blast the airwaves with attack ads. If the Bush administration is held to the same standard, Bush is the bigger Flip Flop.
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