O’Hanlon Grades Bush On Iran: ‘I Would Give Him A Gentleman’s B’
O’Hanlon Grades Bush On Iran: ‘I Would Give Him A Gentleman’s B’
In 2003, Iran sent the White House a detailed proposal for comprehensive negotiations to resolve bilateral differences, including an offer to suspend nuclear enrichment. The White House rejected the offer out of hand, going so far as to “reprimand the Swiss ambassador for having delivered” the message.
Over the next few years, the Bush administration had no formal Iran policy, and only recently embraced high-level talks with Iran to discuss the future course of Iraq. But even as it has slowly embraced engagement with Iran, the White House’s policy has been marked by war-mongering threats.
The National Intelligence Estimate revealed that the White House was trumpeting false threats about Iran’s nuclear program. Most recently, the administration has resorted to fear-mongering over the alleged “provocative and dramatic” encounter between five Iranian speedboats and three major U.S. warships in the Strait of Hormuz. For all this, Brookings “scholar” Michael O’Hanlon awards the Bush administration a “gentleman’s B” for its handling of Iran:
Michael O’Hanlon, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, said he was not convinced Bush should be blamed for failure with Iran.
He said the Bush administration has done a “reasonable job” supporting European diplomacy and gradually tightening sanctions “as hard as it is to get Russia and China along.”
“It has not been a dramatic failure,” O’Hanlon said in an interview. “I would give him a gentleman’s B.”
O’Hanlon doesn’t stop there with his praise for Bush’s foreign policy. In an op-ed in yesterday’s Washington Times, he gave the recent de-Baathification reform a “grade of B+.” Recall, those reforms passed by the Iraqi parliament “could actually exclude more former Baathists than it lets back in.” The Washington Post reports the “law could set off a new purge of ex-Baathists.”
It’s no surprise that O’Hanlon is eager to show his affinity for President Bush. What is surprising is that he restrained himself from giving the President straight As.
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Other than his mommy, does anyone actually care what O’Hanlon says? And what’s up w/ that hair? Is he actually Eraserhead?
January 28th, 2008 at 12:20 pmStraight A’s? Oh, I think we all know what he’d really like to give Bush…
January 28th, 2008 at 12:21 pmIt’s no surprise that O’Hanlon is eager to show his affinity for President Bush. What is surprising is that he restrained himself from giving the President straight As.
Well, that’s understandable. As a purported “liberal” who supports the President in all he does, it’s critical that O’Hanlon restrain his impulse to Bush-love, or else his cover will be blown.
January 28th, 2008 at 12:21 pmWell, then O’Hanlon gets a dirtbag’s F for history. And judgement of character. And hairstyle.
January 28th, 2008 at 12:23 pmCould it also be that O’Hanlon really wants a crack at humping the chymp leg?
January 28th, 2008 at 12:25 pmOne needs look no further than this to find the reason for the declie in standards.
January 28th, 2008 at 12:25 pmBy the same token, wtf is a ‘gentleman’s B’?
I graduated highschool on ‘gentleman’s Ds.’ (which of course were as meaningless in the long run, as they were in the short run, since I eventually collected a dual bachelor, two masters, and a phd…)
Methinks the issue of World Peace is too critical to be judged with grades of A through F with variations of plus or minus.
It’s either a Pass or Fail test, Bush and O’Hanlon have both failed miserably.
January 28th, 2008 at 12:25 pmIf GiGi is a minus one, I’d rate O’Hanlon about -10.
He must be Bipolar, like his President, to believe any of his own bullshit.
January 28th, 2008 at 12:26 pmHow did these guys ever get a say in the first place? Who did they blow to be considered experts on issues that they are continuously wrong on?
January 28th, 2008 at 12:27 pm-10 seems to high…. In other news, check out this video of Chelsea Clinton taking on a group of rowdy Ron Paul supporters. I didn’t know she had it in her!
January 28th, 2008 at 12:28 pmWhat that really means is that O’ Hanlon would give Busch an ‘A’ should he invade Iran.
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January 28th, 2008 at 12:30 pmLay off O’Hanlons hairstyle. It worked for Lyle Lovett
January 28th, 2008 at 12:30 pmGentleman’s B’?
More like a “War Criminal’s F” as in “Failure” complete and total “Failure”.
Bush/Cheney
Hague Trials ‘09
Buck Fush
January 28th, 2008 at 12:31 pma REAL indication of what his “grade” should be:
F, for FAILURE – “because that’s what we got”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4UFxaaq694&eurl=http://www.crooksandliars.com/
January 28th, 2008 at 12:31 pmMore inadvertent truth. A “gentleman’s B” is a passing grade given by a college professor who does not want to be bothered with having a true evaluation of students and gives this grade which allows the person to pass without standing out. I got one of those in my doctoral program and I raised holy hell over it because I didn’t like the lack of feedback. O’Hanlon is too lazy or too much in love to legitimately evaluate Bush’s performance.
January 28th, 2008 at 12:33 pmWTF let O’Hanlon grade anyone?!?!?
O’Hanlon gets not only an “F” for his flogging the war in Iraq, etc., but when he was held back a grade and forced to repeat it, you’d think he’d do better the second time through, but he’s still getting Iraq wrong (and bound and determined to get Iran wrong too).
Cheers,
January 28th, 2008 at 12:33 pmThe whitewashing of history is in full swing.I only wish i had millions so I could build a Bush presidential library of my own with all facts on display,to counteract the LIEbrary that will be built to soften this war criminals image.
January 28th, 2008 at 12:34 pmA gentleman’s B
That’s exactly how GDumbya managed to graduate from college and use his “purchased” diploma as a ticket into a series of jobs and ventures for which he was totally unqualified.
Gentleman’s B . . . sure. That’s what got us into this mess in the first place. Without all those gentman’s Bs, GDumbya would have been just another coke-head, alcoholic, wasted, stupid college wash-out.
January 28th, 2008 at 12:35 pmMr. Bungle, it truly amazes me that the criteria for being a reich wing pundit is that you must, must get each and every prediction about war, peace and America completely wrong.
January 28th, 2008 at 12:35 pmHe’d give a gentleman’s B to an idiot that couldn’t earn a D.
January 28th, 2008 at 12:35 pmYou’d have to be a gentleman to do that.
Bush is a failure at everything. All he touches turns to shit.
January 28th, 2008 at 12:37 pmPerhaps he meant “Gentleman’s BJ”? Can we impeach NOW?
January 28th, 2008 at 12:37 pm#11 alphainfinityomega.
Ummm, that looks like an angstrom, not an α…..
Cheers,
January 28th, 2008 at 12:40 pmTHe proper follow up question would’ve been to grade Bill Clinton on the same subject. You think this guy has the capacity to give ill a B.
January 28th, 2008 at 12:41 pmIs that something similar to the Chimperor’s “Gentleman’s diploma” from Harvard business school?
January 28th, 2008 at 12:42 pm#15, I believe that’s the Gentleman’s C.
January 28th, 2008 at 12:42 pm#15, I believe that’s the Gentleman’s C.
Comment by PeterW — January 28, 2008 @ 12:42 pm
Actually, I think you’re right for undergrads.
January 28th, 2008 at 12:45 pmEither O’Hanlon is a complete imbecile, or the Bush gang has something to blackmail him with.
January 28th, 2008 at 12:46 pmUmmm, that looks like an angstrom, not an α…..
Comment by zuch
An angstrom huh, that doesn’t sound good; I’ll have to work on that.
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January 28th, 2008 at 12:48 pmWow!
January 28th, 2008 at 12:49 pmO’Hanlon has gone so far to kiss him some Bush heinie as to have his work published by the Messianic cult leader’s right wing trash rag, and to appear on Fox “News”.
Considering the right wing bias on Fox if this guy had anything less then an above average grade he wouldn’t be on the program. I take this nornal Fox pro Bush chatter. This is what their viewers want to see and they deliver. Next!
January 28th, 2008 at 12:49 pmThis “Gentleman’s B” goes with all those “Gentleman’s C’s” Dinkledorf “earned” at Yale and Harvard! The only way he got out of both schools is because once you get in (as a legacy in one case and because of his family in the other), you get out if you don’t quit.
January 28th, 2008 at 12:51 pmMike,
Shut up!
January 28th, 2008 at 12:53 pmsounds like he would give him a gentleman’s BLOW job….
January 28th, 2008 at 12:54 pmO’Hanlon / Bush are birds of a feather. There is no one lighter than these asswipes.
January 28th, 2008 at 12:55 pm#28, you’re probably right. I had to really slack to get less than an A in grad school.
January 28th, 2008 at 12:59 pmWhy in the world does ANYONE still listen to this guy?
January 28th, 2008 at 12:59 pmSorry GW, you get an “F”, in the book ‘My Pet Goat’, goats do not lay eggs.
January 28th, 2008 at 1:00 pm“It has not been a dramatic failure,†O’Hanlon said in an interview. “I would give him a gentleman’s B.â€
Wow! I know Bush is graded on a curve, but a getting a B because his failure “has not been dramatic”, as opposed to Bush’s typical dramatic failures, I suppose?
January 28th, 2008 at 1:00 pmI’d like to give O’Hanlon a hair cut with my weed eater. I’d give him a special trim job right around the ears.
January 28th, 2008 at 1:01 pm#40, it’s because Daddy endowed a chair.
January 28th, 2008 at 1:04 pmI always thought the so-called “Gentleman’s” grades were Cs.
January 28th, 2008 at 1:05 pmBush should come clean and admit to the world hes trying to establish a world monopoly thats nuclear energy is supplied by America for Dollars instead of accusing Iran on wrong doing, so they cannot supply Nuclear fuel to other countries and mess Bushs PNAC
January 28th, 2008 at 1:06 pm“It has not been a dramatic failure,†O’Hanlon said in an interview. “I would give him a gentleman’s B.â€
Oh wait, I get it. Bush is being graded on the Katrina curve.
January 28th, 2008 at 1:20 pmThe Bush admins gotta keep those per barrel oil prices up
January 28th, 2008 at 1:24 pmHe would have gotten an A if he had nuked them already. Isn’t that how it works?
Can you say stupid.
January 28th, 2008 at 1:34 pmI get so frustrated seeing these boobs on TV. O’Hanlon, Bob Novak, Bill Kristol, Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity, etc… have been wrong at every turn, on every issue! However, they continue to get a national forum to spew their ridiculous, silly partisan BS over and over again – drowning out those that make sense and have been right THE WHOLE TIME.
January 28th, 2008 at 1:41 pmO’Hanlon forgot to mention the Bush Presidential Library.
The only book he has is from Reagan, ‘Memoirs of an Amnesiac’.
It’s also the only book Bush has read. Of course, all the pages are blank.
By the way, it only took the Chimpster 2 hours to read it!
January 28th, 2008 at 1:42 pmI’d like to see the books in the Bush library. I hear he’s gotten very good at staying inside the lines.
January 28th, 2008 at 1:47 pm‘I Would Give Him A Gentleman’s B’
I would give him a kick in the balls, with reinforced work boots.
January 28th, 2008 at 2:25 pmI am sensing a Flock of Seagulls reunion tour.
January 28th, 2008 at 2:36 pmI always thought the so-called “Gentleman’s†grades were Cs.
Comment by Bartolo — January 28, 2008 @ 1:05 pm
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Grade inflation. As I remember it, a gentlemen’s C denotes an affluent FAILURE who is simply given a pass due to his social standing.
Pretty much sums up the Bush administration.
January 28th, 2008 at 2:41 pmThis clown is going to hand out “grades” when peoples’ lives are involved with potential war violence? This is typical of the republican chickenhawking draft dodgers who are so brave when the other person’s ass is on the line and not theirs.
January 28th, 2008 at 4:02 pm…from some dickhead who’s not qualified to grade my 5th grader’s work??!! wtf is anything O’Howdy-doody supposed to mean, and why t_f_ would anyone choose to report on it???
January 28th, 2008 at 4:17 pmHear that you 3,000 plus dead?
Bush got himself a B and all you got was a grave.
January 28th, 2008 at 8:50 pmGenerally you don’t see that kind of a Felatio in public…
February 9th, 2008 at 1:46 pm