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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (153129)	2/17/2003 7:33:10 PM
From: hueyone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

France lost their right to have an opinion on matters of war when they layed down to the Germans in less than an hour in WWII, and waited for the allies to bail them out. My god, a Berkeley educated woman that talks like my Dad---WWII Vet. Will wonders never cease?<ggg> Regards, Huey

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (153129)	2/17/2003 8:18:48 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Liz: France is not the issue, but not because their position is to be admired or respected. On the contrary, you can point fingers in many directions, as is the case in all debates. The problem we face here is that the US has charted a foreign policy course that did not just alienate the French, the Russians, the Germans, the Chinese, the Canadians, etc. etc. etc. etc -- the US managed to alienate a huge part of world opinion on an issue where there is almost unanimous agreement -- Saddam, Iraq and WMD. That is what is so stunning. There is nobody supporting Saddam. Nobody. So where is the broad-based international coalition? The coalition cannot be marshaled because to support the US on the issue of Iraq is to accept the new US foreign policy -- and that is something that other countries cannot and should not do. We should not accept the policy of regime change by invasion (unilateral preemption) AS A POLICY. That is why US foreign policy is the issue. That is the dilemma faced by the UN.