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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch
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To: Suma who wrote (57995)10/1/2004 6:09:00 PM
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I didn't hear a lot from the debate that I hadn't already heard a thousand perspectives on from these threads. So, like most, I just watched how each man handled himself. Kerry seemed the most at ease.

The only topic that I felt I actually learned something from was the debate on bilateral/unilateral negotiations with N. Korea.

I picked up from what Bush said that we had been engaged in bilateral negotiations with N.Korea but when we found out the N.Koreans were not being honest we decided to involve a multilateral group that had more diplomatic leverage with N.Korea than we do. Wow this struck a cord with me. You can make any deals you want with honorable individuals and just keep it between them and you ... but when you find that they are cheating, you must engage some authority that will keep them to their word or your negotiations are over.

Bush became barely comprehendable when Kerry challenged him on this. Bush just kept repeating that if he went back to bilateral negotiations all of the work he did to set up the multilateral associations would unravel. That doesn't mean anything if Kerry is right (which I don't think he was). Bush needed to make a better case for needing to establish the multilateral negotiations in the first place.
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