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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (56453)	11/10/2002 3:39:59 PM
From: paul_philp	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 281500

Put crudely, 9/11 provided the political momentum to make the war possible. I would say that 9/11 made tolerating mediocre foreign policy unacceptable in the US. Tolerance of institutional anti-Americanism is one mediocre policy which is rapidly changing and Germany will be the first to get first hand knowledge. American isolationism is another mediocre policy which will be challenged and changed. The policy instincts of both the right and the left in America are insufficient for the new realties in the world. The defining challenge for Bush is to develop a new foreign policy based on the objective of producing results rather than the objective of minimizing risks. I did not believe that he was the right man for the job but he is beginning to impress me. He is developing a brand new foreign policy doctrine and winning the critical political battles. The big win on Tuesday protects his agenda from the hard right as much as the left. Imagine; a black man, a black woman and a white Texas conservative working together to lay the foundation of an effective means of governing the globelized world. Whodda thunk it? Paul