To: hmaly who wrote (163844 ) 3/11/2003 11:08:16 AM From: Alighieri Read Replies (3) | Respond to What I am trying to say, is that our defense is our primary concern; The US is dominant only in paying through the nose, and as someone who is always blamed for everything. This administration has botched the process. They have denigrated the UN, treated it with contempt, have said a priori that the institution is practically irrelevant, have frightened its members with lose talk of war, insulted members with similar references of their countries, and underestimated the degree to which the UN is important to their political standing in their own nations. The degree of incoherent and abysmal diplomacy is frankly shocking. The administration has undermined its own chances of succeeding at the UN...in the process also undermining the political standings of the leaders of the so called willing. Turkey cannot even be bribed. England, Spain, Italy...all these leaders are under tremendous pressure in their respective countries in large measure due to the loose lips and chest thumping of some of the members of this administration. Why would it be illegal. And now that GW wants to correct it, now you say we shouldn't.
