{"id":1769,"date":"2003-09-24T05:14:26","date_gmt":"2003-09-24T19:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/09\/24\/other-reactions-to-bushs-un-speech\/"},"modified":"2019-12-06T08:26:33","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T16:26:33","slug":"other-reactions-to-bushs-un-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/09\/24\/other-reactions-to-bushs-un-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Other reactions to Bush&#039;s UN speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:13260,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/slate.msn.com\\\/id\\\/2088799&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13261,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/hoster.startribune.com\\\/nuke\\\/html\\\/modules.php?name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid=694&amp;mode=&amp;order=0&amp;thold=0&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13262,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.washingtonpost.com\\\/wp-dyn\\\/articles\\\/A54800-2003Sep23.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13263,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/atrios.blogspot.com\\\/2003_09_21_atrios_archive.html#106442100914227971&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20071029122856\\\/http:\\\/\\\/atrios.blogspot.com:80\\\/2003_09_21_atrios_archive.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 08:32:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 08:32:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13264,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/blog2.deanforamerica.com\\\/archives\\\/001566.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20041029091704\\\/http:\\\/\\\/blog2.deanforamerica.com:80\\\/archives\\\/001566.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 08:32:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 08:32:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Slate: <a href=\"http:\/\/slate.msn.com\/id\/2088799\/\" title=\"Drop Dead!\">Bush to World: Drop Dead!<\/a> The president lays an egg at the U.N.<br \/>\n<blockquote><p>\n  Has an American president ever delivered such a bafflingly impertinent speech before the General Assembly as the one George W. Bush gave this morning?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>Star Tribune: <a href=\"http:\/\/hoster.startribune.com\/nuke\/html\/modules.php?name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid=694&amp;mode=&amp;order=0&amp;thold=0\" title=\"Strib's view of the speech\">Strib&#8217;s view of the speech<\/a> Editorial: Bush at the U.N. \/ For good reason, he lacks credibility<br \/>\n<blockquote><p>\n  During the 2000 campaign, Bush famously spoke of the need for the United States to be a strong but humble nation. In action, his foreign policy has been predicated on being strong and arrogant. The president gives good speeches. Too bad that they can&#8217;t be believed.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>Washington Post: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/articles\/A54800-2003Sep23.html\" title=\"A Vague Pitch Leaves Mostly Puzzlement\">A Vague Pitch Leaves Mostly Puzzlement<\/a><br \/>\n<blockquote><p>\n  In his speech today to the U.N. General Assembly, President Bush tried to walk a fine line between defending a war deeply unpopular in much of the world and looking for help from reluctant countries to rebuild Iraq. The result left diplomats and lawmakers puzzled about his ultimate intentions.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/atrios.blogspot.com\/2003_09_21_atrios_archive.html#106442100914227971\" title=\"Bad Reviews\">Atrios<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/blog2.deanforamerica.com\/archives\/001566.html\" title=\"Morning News Roundup\">Joe Rospars<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Has an American president ever delivered such a bafflingly impertinent speech before the General Assembly as the one George W. Bush gave this morning?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2042],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-1769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1769\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}