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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (43664)	9/13/2002 1:09:56 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

one population we do NOT want to rule Yeah, we don't "Rule" well, too much "nice guy." :^) I just watched a "Round Table" on Lehrer about Bush's speech and "Where now?" Pat Schoeder's reaction was interesting. She was happy we went to the UN, felt that Bush was right, felt Congress would support him. Her objection was sly, and right to the major Democratic weakness on this issue. "Lets not be in a rush," she said. "Lets take care of Iraq after the election."

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (43664)	9/13/2002 2:04:55 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 281500

After browsing various comments on Bush's speech, I think this one sums it up well. From NRO >>>Tom Nichols Chairman of the Department of Strategy and Policy at the U.S. Naval War College, in Newport, R.I. The views are those of the author and not of the US government. The idea that George W. Bush was going to the United Nations to "plead" a "case" should have evaporated almost as soon as he began speaking. Rather than pleading a case, Bush was putting the U.N. on notice. In effect, he turned the tables on his critics: instead of accepting the charge that American action would be illegitimate without U.N. sanction, he told the General Assembly that it would be putting the U.N.'s legitimacy at risk if they failed to act. In Bush's words, the U.N. will become "irrelevant," a stark (and proper) warning that future conflicts and dilemmas would be solved outside of the U.N.'s aegis if it comes to be perceived as nothing more than a dithery liberal coffee shop on the East Side, arguing the finer points of resolution-crafting while monsters like Hussein busy themselves making nuclear weapons.<<<