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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: MKTBUZZ who started this subject	9/4/2003 3:22:34 PM
From: Doug R	Read Replies (2) of 769670

Now that Bush has finally admitted a new UN resolution is necessary and US Iraq commanders are saying more more troops are needed, it is going to be very hard for the US to back out. Bush is going to have to come down even further and issue a mea culpa of sorts. The "Bring 'Em On!" crowd will not be happy. First the administration screwed the world, then it screwed Iraq, then it screwed our troops and now it has screwed itself. France and Germany responded coolly on Thursday to a U.S. move to win a United Nations mandate for a peacekeeping force for Iraq, and the new Iraqi foreign minister said Turkish troops would be unwelcome. "We are ready to examine the proposals but they seem quite far from what appears to us the primary objective, namely the transfer of political responsibility to an Iraqi government as soon as possible," French President Jacques Chirac said. Facing almost daily casualties in Iraq, Washington has drafted a new U.N. resolution aimed at getting more countries to contribute soldiers and cash to its occupation. But it insists on full U.S. military control and a dominant political role. German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder told a news conference with Chirac that the proposals showed movement in the U.S. position but did not go far enough. He said that while France and Germany opposed the U.S.-led war in Iraq, they now wanted to help bring stability and democracy to the country. "Such a perspective can only develop if the United Nations takes over responsibility for the political process and if an Iraqi administration is installed," Schroeder said. The proposed U.N. resolution marked a policy reversal for the administration of President Bush, which had resisted U.N. involvement after the Security Council's refusal to approve the war that toppled Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

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