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

To: Srexley who wrote (391272)	4/13/2003 1:15:41 PM
From: PROLIFE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Kerry's Delusion Those who say that the Bush Administration's failed diplomacy caused the war in Iraq -- people like Senator John Kerry and Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle -- should have their heads examined as this chart shows. members.toast.net (Be warned: the title of the chart is ironic.) Their presumption is that if President Bush and Secretary Powell had been more patient and given inspectors more time to show that Saddam was not cooperating in disarming his regime, permanent Security Council members France, Russia and China -- all wielding a veto power -- would have voted to go to war or least agreed not to obstruct a UN resolution to that effect. The chart, which is sourced from the Stockholm International Peace Research Initiative site, should quickly dispel all such delusions. Russia, France and China accounted for 82% of all weapons sales to Saddam Hussein's regime between 1973 and 2002. These are Saddam's allies. What diplomacy would persuade them to expose their role in arming Saddam and jeopardize their multi-billion dollar oil contracts with the regime?