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To: JohnM who wrote (83351)	3/18/2003 12:55:48 PM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

"Thanks ever so much for finding this and posting it. I wish the Democratic party in the US could find as articulate a spokesperson. " John, Forget articulate for a sec because we will disagree on what he said. I appreciate his guts in putting his money where his mouth is. Having said that, I will ask you if you admire Tony Blair for doing exactly the same thing--risking it all on a matter of conscience. mike PS Who was the last american politician who resigned as a matter of conscience?

To: JohnM who wrote (83351)	3/18/2003 1:26:39 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

re: Cook's resignation speech His central points, which will also be the "talking points" of the (theoretical so far) Democratic peace candidate for President: 1. "It is entirely legitimate to support our troops while seeking an alternative to the conflict that will put those troops at risk." This is a rejection of the U.S. Administration's attempt to silence opposition, by equating criticism with treason (= revival of McCarthyism). 2. multilateralism is a necessary condition for victory in the War on Terror. 3. The U.S. cannot ignore the UN, EU, NATO, and global public opinion. 4. Pointing out the hypocrisy of many of the Administration's justifications for war. If we are so morally outraged about regimes that use WMDs, they why did we look the other way, and keep selling Saddam weapons and technology, when he first used chemical weapons 20 years ago? 5. we must "redress the strong sense of injustice throughout the Muslim world at what it sees as one rule for the allies of the US (Israel)and another rule for the rest." 6. "if the hanging chads in Florida had gone the other way..." The President has no mandate, especially for drastic changes in long-held U.S. policies. 7. "our partners in Washington are less interested in disarmament than they are in regime change". The goals should be: disarmament rather than regime change, containment and deterrence rather than preemptive or preventive war.