You may be interested, the best way to browse news that i have been using lately is Google News:
news.google.com
No need to bother with AOL. Yahoo is ok, but not as comprehensive. Of course Drudge finds some scoops, and is always a good site to check.
I didn't know google had news.....I've used it only for searches. Thanks for the link.
Just compare their stance at the UN. Musharraf would like to help the US, would like to vote with the US (and probably would if absolutely necessary), but made it clear that he would rather abstain. He stayed somewhere between neutral and helpful to the US, knowing there is only so much he can get away with (domestically) helping the US.
Yeah, but Musharraf is trading in WMD with NK and other countries. He may be a better statesman but I think he is mainly a slime bucket.
French did just the opposite, tried to undermine the US as much as possible. If it was just a "vote of conscience" (if Chirac had one) I could possibly buy it. But Chirac goes out of his way to lobby other countries for the defeat of the US. That part to me is stepping way over the line, to the point of basically no return. I don't think the US will ever trust France again.
Yeah, but this is part of Bush's diplomatic failure. He essentially ignored Germany and France last summer. To some degree he was hopiong that Blair would bring the two countries into the fold but Blair screwed up. It didn't work and G. and F. were kept outside the loop. Plus its no secret that many of Europe's leaders don't particularly like Bush. So this is payback time........the French are particularly good at that kind of shit.
You have to remember too that the positions of Chirac, Schroeder and other Europeans have the strong support of their people. Even in Italy and Spain who are for us, their people are against us. That gives leaders like Chirac plenty of leeway. Plus, with the EU starting to shape up, they are not as dependent on the US for trade. In fact, they are becoming more and more of a competitor.
It looks to me like there is a new world order forming where an attempt will be made to balance off our superpower position. I don't think it had to be this way but Bush's blundering has pushed it to the fore.
didn't need to do anything, while the diplomats were talking. We will see what he does when it is clear that the diplomatic delays are over. They had an Iraqi exile on TV the other day, and he said that Saddam is no hero when it comes to his own skin. He mentioned an anectode from one of the Arab summits. He said that during one of the meetings, the light went out. When restored, everybody was sitting as they were before the lights went out, and only Saddam was hiding under the table.
That's funny and it doesn't surprise me in the least......its why I don't worry about him too much. He is mostly concerned with the safety of his own skin now........there was no one more surprised when Bush Sr. went after him. I guess he thought he was a friend.
I think concern over his skin is why he has chilled so much since the Gulf War. His current manisfest destiny is to live to a ripe old age. That's why I think he may flake out in the end and go into exile.
Now OBL is a whole different story....we've got to get that sucker and his comrades before they cause us more damage.
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