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To: LindyBill who wrote (80275)	3/7/2003 8:00:18 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Ah, got your attention. The fact that Saddam and Kim Jong II take advantage of it is just the way it is. Saddam figures he "rope a doped" himself out of war in 98 with Clinton by using the Euros. He has made in obvious with his prolonged questioning of Dan Rather about our protests that they are important to him. That statement is not a problem. Now you are talking about Saddam's calculations. Who know what they are? But your actual comment was a larger one which is that the Dems were being "played like a violin," I think you said. That's definitely reminiscent of the weary old stuff from the past. You can be sure that Kim Jung II is doing his best to scare the people in SK and here with his bombast and threatening moves. He will measure his success in doing so by the size of the payoff he can negotiate with us. Do you think he is unhappy that the Dems are demanding we start negotiating with him immediately? You know he spends time on line and reads our press. He figures he is winning, and it toughens his stance when he reads this. Who knows what he thinks or feels. However, your argument is that whomsoever tries to make the case that we should have direct negotiations with NK is "being played like a violin." That says, in clear terms, that Bush's critics are simply dupes of foreign powers. So don't underestimate the time and effort these Foreign Leaders spend in trying to influence Public Opinion here. The left sure doesn't. They are constantly complaining about the Israeli influence here. And the bias of the Jewish Neocons. Who knows, I repeat. But your line of thought then suggests that critics are dupes of foreign powers. Let's all stay away from those kinds of imputations.