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To: JohnM who wrote (64468)	1/5/2003 2:57:40 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 281500

Many of the council members have interpreted the results of those negotiations to mean there will have to be something like a vote Of course they have, it's called 'spin'. Everybody does it, but it doesn't always work. The Bush folk will be in a pickle if they and the British are the only ones in favor of an attack The UNSC will likewise be in a pickle if they are shown to be helpless and irrelevant. Better all around if there's an agreement, yes? Ignatieff's argument that the "soft power" issue is a large one needs to be taken more seriously by the Bushies. I think they do, it's just not top priority at the moment. "Soft power" won't work unless everybody believes - really believes - that "hard power" exists with the will to use it if necessary. This is just the belief that the Bushies think has eroded and needs to be built back up again. Then we can worry about using soft power correctly, for we will have it in abundance again.