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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (3829)	1/26/2003 1:33:59 AM
From: Jorj X Mckie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25898

I didn't even vote for Bush and I am not a republican. But I would certainly rather be associated with them than apologists for terrorists.

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (3829)	1/26/2003 1:57:49 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 25898

The New York Times Thomas Friedman sure makes sense here... <<...Unfortunately, when it comes to enlisting allies, the Bush team is its own worst enemy. It has sneered at many issues the world cares about: the Kyoto accords, the World Court, arms control treaties. The Bush team had legitimate arguments on some of these issues, but the gratuitous way it dismissed them has fueled anti-Americanism. No, I have no illusions that if the Bush team had only embraced Kyoto the French wouldn't still be trying to obstruct America in Iraq. The French are the French. But unfortunately, now the Germans are the French, the Koreans are the French, and many Brits are becoming French. Things could be better, but here is where we are — so here is where I am: My gut tells me we should continue the troop buildup, continue the inspections and do everything we can for as long as we can to produce either a coup or the sort of evidence that will give us the broadest coalition possible, so we can do the best nation-building job possible...>> nytimes.com