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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: i-node who wrote (177846)11/10/2003 8:20:51 PM
From: Alighieri  Read Replies (1) of 1577907
 
The entire premise of the speech is that we should defer to foreign countries on protecting our own interests. We shouldn't. THEY don't defer to US. Who, besides the United States, has ever gone to the UN to request permission to go to war? bla bla bla....

That would be the convenient and only partisan diehard way to interpret the importance of allies and friends in the world in this or any circumstance....assuming that one bought into the idea that war on Iraq could fall under the category of self defense, a dubious conclusion, one could still make a strong argument that a diplomatic approach (such as the one achieved by bush the 1st) would have had a far better chance of success, during the operation or in its aftermath. What a loss to have almost no one in the world willing to get involved in even winning the peace. The handling of this adventure by the bushies is a case study of "how not to". It is exactly why trusting them with the nation for 4 more years would be irresponsible, and why recent polls indicate that a growing number of people would not like to see him re-elected.

Al
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