With that I agree. Al and Ted and the dems have strangely come up with this convoluted theory, that somehow they can avoid war, by saying we have more reasons to go to war with NK,Yemen, Iran, etc. before we go to war with Iraq; therefore we shouldn't go to war with Iraq, we should go to war with everybody. Isn't that really more wars. And they don't define an end game.
I am very clear what the end game is......disabling al Qaeda. And I have been clear about this issue from the get go. However, you, Ray, Harris et al don't want to hear it because its the not the easy way to go; its not the one that will reassure your man's reelection in 2004.
As for the rest of the end game, its really pretty simple. We need good diplomacy to keep the NK jerk off in line......the idiot doesn't want to start a war [he doesn't dare with China sitting right on top of him] but rather he wants to maintain the lifestyle that he's grown accustomed to......and his life, of course; the Yemenese and Pakistani leaders is a fascist and we need to stop consorting with assholes period; we need to continue to contain Iraq and keep Saddam on a short lease until he is deposed or dies; we must have a more balanced policy towards Israel and Palestine [that means a lot less aid to Israel]and use whatever influence we have to engineer a peaceful solution; and finally, we need to butt out and let the Iranians determine their own future..........it would appear that slowly over time the Ayatollahs are losing their influence over secular Iran, and that Iran will adopt a more democratic stance. Everyone forgets that their are millions of Iranians living in the States who directly influence the politics and manifest destiny of that nation by simply writing emails and letters letting people know what life is like in a democracy.
Mr. Bush's current behavior is a reactionary throwback to a time when the world was not so small and the world's peoples not so aware. If ever there was a time to adopt T. Roosevelt's philosophy.....walk softly and carry a big stick......its now.
So don't go off saying liberals don't have an approach to these problems. The truth is you guys don't want to hear about this approach, because its the much harder one, requiring patience and diplomatic finesse.
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