<<<Bush must make public apology for the manner in which the Iraq invasion was decided ... wouldn't hurt to cover the grounds on which it was marketed, as well, but it's essential that he pledge to work toward greater international cooperation in such matters .... then, convincingly sincere apology and credible pledge in hand, it will be up to the Rest of Us to meet him halfway, do what it takes to reform the UN, get a positive dynamic going .... failing apology/pledge, well it'll be same same status quo for a while in Iraq .... nobody wants somebody else's tarbaby, when they've still got pot in hand, and they're swinging the brush >>>>
Too early for that apology, too early to take a back seat to the vagaries of the UN.
The point people seem to miss is that terrorists must be made to feel they are losers, to fear that no matter where they set up camp, whether in Cells in France, or Peru, anywhere- that are going to be hammered, eliminated by by the US and therefore the governments which support them or allow then to operate will be most inclined to stop doing that.
No hiding behind treaties or borders, no calling on friends in the UN or Nato or the IRC to stop actual action to eliminate terrorists.
And even one of the most evil leaders, Saddam, thru
"friends" in the UN, came very close to winning another few years to add to the 12 he had been given to continue his cruel ways and efforts to procure nuclear capability.
That IMO is the new position or face the US chose to present to the world, to leave no terrorist a place of refuge.
To be effective and convincing, some demonstrations had to be made, in Kosevo, in Afghanistan, in Iraq. Even with those actions being taken, Saudi Arabia is just beginning to take action regarding their own internal problems.
N Korea is an example of what the US will actually do in
regard to future threatening situations.
If all negotiations fail, if sanctions are not enough, if pressure exerted by Japan, South Korea, and others is not enough, only then will the US "go it alone", with a coalition to stop nuclear proliferation.
Some citizens will say,well thats not a nice posture for the US to take, perhaps we should be more ameanable and dont do anything to get the terrorists all riled up and angry,or do anything without UN approval.
They hated us before GBW came into office, and for reasons that would still exist without the actions taken so far.
But we had the approval of over 50 Nations who agreed with the US that Saddam had to go.
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