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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TigerPaw who wrote (291783)	8/30/2002 2:16:33 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I did no such thing. Your penchant for mischaracterization is phenomenal. I already said that the Kerensky Revolution was one thing, and the Bolshevik coup d'etat, which had no rationale except the imposition of Bolshevik ideology, was another, and that the one was justified, the other was not.......

To: TigerPaw who wrote (291783)	8/30/2002 2:18:01 PM
From: Skywatcher	Respond to of 769670

Confidant: Powell wants key allies' OK on Iraq Administration source says secretary urging coalition before any attack August 30, 2002 Posted: 12:45 PM EDT (1645 GMT) From Andrea Koppel CNN State Department Correspondent WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell does not believe the United States should invade Iraq without the support of "key allies," according to one of his confidants within the Bush administration. This person, who asked not to be identified but is intimately familiar with Powell's thinking, said Thursday that Powell opposes any action in which the United States would "go it alone ... as if it doesn't give a damn" what other nations think. U.S. officials tell CNN that Powell and other members of President Bush's national security team met Wednesday at the White House and discussed regional strategies, including those for Iraq. Top Bush officials, including Vice President Dick Cheney, have pressed the case for U.S. attack on Iraq, saying the advantages of attacking far outweigh the risks of inaction. U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld also said this week that the decision to strike Iraq will be based on leadership, not consensus. But, as Bush has stated, no decision has been made over whether to invade. "The battle is not over," said the Powell confidant, alluding to the fact that Powell is working to convince the president of the need to build a strong coalition, similar to the one that existed during the 1991 Gulf War, and win the support of the U.N. Security Council through a new resolution. "Does he think it's going to have to be done? Yes, and he'll make the best case for it," the source said. Powell was the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the 1991 war. One possibility is a revamping of United Nations Resolution 1284, to set a deadline for Iraq to allow U.N. weapons inspectors into the country or face military action. As it stands now, Resolution 1284 calls on Iraq to disarm and allow weapons inspectors to ensure that no weapons of mass destruction are present in the country, but the resolution sets no deadline. 'Considerable amount of head knocking' "Powell's voice will be persuasive," this source said. He predicted that, in coming weeks, there will be a "considerable amount of head knocking" behind the scenes as Bush aides attempt to win the president's support for their various positions. One possible venue for an unveiling of the president's final decision is a meeting of the U.N. General Assembly planned for mid-September, the confidant said. Last week, retired Gen. Anthony Zinni added his voice to the public commentary in the United States, questioning the wisdom of a U.S. attack on Iraq. But Zinni's comments stood out from the rest in that he implied that Powell shares his opinion. He also cited the views of Brent Scowcroft, an adviser to President Bush's, who was president during Operation Desert Storm. "Attacking Iraq now will cause a lot of problems," Zinni told members of the Florida Economic Club. "If you ask me my opinion, General Scowcroft, General Powell, General Schwarzkopf, General Zinni -- maybe all see this the same way. "It might be interesting to wonder why all the generals see it in the same way, and all those, who never fired a shot in anger and really held back to go to war, see it in a different way. That's usually the way it is in history." Zinni's speech came a week before public comments by Rumsfeld and Cheney making Bush's case for regime change in Iraq. 'Blindsided' by Cheney speech The Powell confidant said Powell and others in the State Department were "blindsided" by Cheney's speech Monday and were just as "surprised" as everyone else. (Full story.) Asked why Powell has not publicly voiced his opinion on Iraq, aides said that Powell was on vacation last week. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said Thursday that Powell has, in fact, given interviews this week that included "plenty of comments" about Iraq. Powell's message, according to Boucher, is that "Iraq is a danger that has to be dealt with." In recent weeks, a number of influential former U.S. officials -- including former Secretaries of State Lawrence Eagleburger and James Baker and former National Security Advisers Zbigniew Brzezinski and Scowcroft -- have cautioned against going to war with Iraq without first laying out a detailed, reasoned case to the American people and U.S. allies. Trouble in Crawford CC