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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (5054)	2/12/2003 1:21:08 PM
From: thames_sider	Respond to of 7689

OK... so, hearkening back to my original question, don't the attitudes shown here - and by Rumsfeld - indicate why opposition is high and rising? No one likes to be disregarded, still less deliberately insulted... as I think I've now adequately proven. Basically even if we agree with the message it's hard to take when it's pushed in such a way. And I think the current administration is being incredibly short-sighted: it is deliberately stirring up resentment, arrogantly confident in its ability to bully, browbeat or bomb anyone else... in a connected world, this isn't wise. Plus you're dragging our overly pious leader with you, presumably because he sees a new crusade (sic) against nasty dictators of all stamps. Except those we choose to prop up, of course. Afghanistan is not sorted out yet - it's ruined, and in ruins, and the US doesn't seem to be helping (incidentally, the much-maligned Germany is now leading the peacekeeping forces there). I see no indication of greater commitment in Iraq (although there's talk of oil reserves being parcelled out). If you want to be Billy-no-mates, this is how it's done. But every friend driven away, every nation insulted, every rebuff, every torn-up treaty or disregarded body, will find recourse.