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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: steve harris who wrote (374999)	3/20/2003 1:15:53 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Steve, Want to read about some more hypocrisy? Most of the Democratic complaints about Bush and Iraq echo Republican critiques of President Clinton when he led a NATO coalition to bomb Serbia in 1999: "This conflict and the resulting thousands of casualties could have been avoided had this administration exercised stronger leadership in the diplomatic realm," Rep. Cliff Stearns of Florida told the Ledger in Lakeland, Fla., shortly before the NATO campaign led to a cease-fire. The president needs to "better explain the goals, the costs and the long-term strategy of why we are here," House Speaker Dennis Hastert said in April 1999. Just before Clinton went ahead with the military action, one senator said he had reservations because it was the first time NATO would be attacking a sovereign state, the bombing would proceed "without a clear United Nations mandate," and Clinton hadn't sufficiently explained his post-war plans. "Can we accomplish achievable results? What are our real commitments long-term" asked the senator, Bill Frist. He's now majority leader. usatoday.com