Couple of people here talking about an aspect we Auslanders have noticed, the tendency to unilateral decisions - #reply-16390509 -
'the admnistration was less interested in multilateral approaches and strong regulatory actions, and remains philosophically opposed to them. Given a world-historic bolt from the blue, however, the reality of what it will take to secure the help of other countries in getting ObL may finally have begun to sink in.
It's also true that they've been handed a packaged opportunity for cooperation and something nearing consensus - this attack was against innocent civilians, absolutely unjustifiable, nothing the US has done in recent years warranted such a response ... the reaction to oppose such barbarism was instant and from the gut, the support Bush et al now enjoy is theirs to lose, by screwing up through incompetence or by demonstrating some ulterior commercial motive ..... as time grinds on the individual national interests will rise, for sure, but we all have an interest in combatting terrorism, and this galvanising event has accomplished a rare degree of unification of the planet, this is Bush II's chance to rise above that me-first attitude of yestermonth ... and he very well may - remember how it was Trickster Dick who established relations with China using table tennis, now who would have pre-dickted that -g-
Think that speech will turn the market in the morning? ... some do ... probably time for a little rally anyway, eh ... no, didn't catch Counterspin .... list of our military here, 70k total in forces, that's one in each 425 of us, if we are thirty millions, not much eh - ca.news.yahoo.com |
