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

To: Rock_nj who wrote (388326)	4/8/2003 8:35:33 PM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

' I'm questioning his motives for going to war. I would prefer diplomacy over war any time." Well, you certainly haven't listened very closely then. 80+% of Americans heard Bush loud & clear. As for more diplomacy, again you must have had you head burried in the sand. For more than 12 years, diplomacy utterly failed. That is an irrefutable fact. After Resolution 1441, France, Russia & Germany made it clear that no new resolution would pass threatening the use of force, thus rendering any resolution meaningless. Now we know that all three had huge multi-billion dollar contracts still unpaid. They had more future contracts that are only viable if Saddam stays in power. All three helped Saddam militarily, even selling illegal arms right up to & including after the shooting began. How would have any more diplomacy been effective? Any reasonable, honest answer would have to say it would have not worked at all given these circumstances. Spin, lie & distort away if you wish, but the reality of this situation will not change unless you are into revisionist history.