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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: Brian Sullivan who wrote (5884)8/25/2003 3:33:14 PM
From: JohnM  Read Replies (1) of 793800
 
Oh, I don't think the public presentation would ever be "groveling at the UN." There are, no doubt, more ways to do it and save face than you and I could ever imagine.

It just looks to me as if Brownstein is right. Bush is between the proverbial rock and a hard place; that he has to increase troop strength of some sort; that if he uses US troops he puts more in danger, he increases costs, etc.; that if he moves to a UN mandate (with face saving public relations spin) he can keep his rationale of saving the Iraqis from Saddam and the world from wmds and of building a better Iraq. He just shifts that last burden to the UN.

I don't think, at least in his present presentations, Kofi Annan will accept anything less. Meaning the major players in the security council.

Moreover, the move makes Bush appear more flexible and more "statesmanlike." I don't see it happening soon but he will need to do it before some much more major disaster occurs.
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