Gee after all the posts about unAmericanism, peaceniks, etc etc, Bush Sr. sounds like a traitor. (sarcasm)
timesonline.co.uk
Bush Sr warning over unilateral action
Gee on the basis of the word "unilateral" he calling the UK and Australia non-countrries! LMAO
(In case some forget, I was severely chastized for using the word "unilateral" in regards to this war).
Ok - Enough sarcasm for now.
Let's see if sr. has any good advice for jr.
THE first President Bush has told his son that hopes of peace in the Middle East would be ruined if a war with Iraq were not backed by international unity.
Drawing on his own experiences before and after the 1991 Gulf War, Mr Bush Sr said that the brief flowering of hope for Arab-Israeli relations a decade ago would never have happened if America had ignored the will of the United Nations.
“You've got to reach out to the other person. You've got to convince them that long-term friendship should trump short-term adversity,” he said. mish note: hmmm is this what I suggested with North Korea?
The former President's comments reflect unease among the Bush family and its entourage at the way that George W. Bush is ignoring international opinion and overriding the institutions that his father sought to uphold. Mr Bush Sr is a former US Ambassador to the UN and comes from a family steeped in multi-lateralist traditions.
He said that the key question of how many weapons of mass destruction Iraq held “could be debated”. The case against Saddam was “less clear” than in 1991, when Mr Bush Sr led an international coalition to expel invading Iraqi troops from Kuwait. Objectives were “a little fuzzier today”, he added.
After the Gulf War, Mr Bush Sr steered Israel and its Arab neighbours to the Madrid conference, a stepping stone to the historic Israeli-Palestinian Oslo accords, in much the same way that the present President has talked about the removal of Saddam as opening the way to a wider peace in the region.
In an ominous warning for his son, Mr Bush Sr said that he would have been able to achieve nothing if he had jeopardised future relations by ignoring the UN. “The Madrid conference would never have happened if the international coalition that fought together in Desert Storm had exceeded the UN mandate and gone on its own into Baghdad after Saddam and his forces.”
Also drawing on the lessons of 1991, he said that it was imperative to mend fences with allies immediately, rather than waiting until after a war. He had been infuriated with the decision of King Hussein of Jordan to side with Saddam rather than the US, but while criticising the Jordanian leader in public and freezing $41 million in US aid, he also passed word to King Hussein that he understood his domestic tensions.
Mr Bush Jr, who is said never to forget even relatively minor slights, has alarmed analysts with the way in which he has allowed senior Administration figures such as Donald Rumsfeld, the Defence Secretary, aggressively to criticise France and Germany.
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WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok Bush fans let's hear it.
Glad to see someone in the family has enough guts to stand up and say the right thing.
That my friends should tell you something.
From father to son, this is what is being said:
1)GWB has not made the case!
2)GWB has no sense of diplomacy
3)It is better to sit down at the table than do stupid name calling
4)It is bad practice to piss off your friends
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