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

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (399177)	4/25/2003 5:06:00 PM
From: Mark Konrad	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

That's not quite the only reason, Buddy. I happened to be in Australia during Jan-Feb of this year and read most of the major city papers throughout the country. Without resorting to a ridiculously long post, here's a couple of quickies: Australia's northern border is sparsely inhabited and very close to Indonesia. A large part of their concern was Saddam's alleged support for Indonesia's terrorists who could easily use the northern border as a point of entry. The US and Australia share a large number of military installations and interests throughout the South Pacific and Indian Ocean. Australia does trade extensively with Middle Eastern countries for oil with food and even automobiles but was willing to take the risk based more upon the above and the Bush/Blair assertions than wheat sales (which is ALWAYS a concern for the Australians). I don't think Australia will end up as a net loser for having sided with the Americans and British but we'll see. Regards--MK--

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (399177)	4/25/2003 10:34:56 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

U.S. RENEGES ON AGREEMENTS AS A POLICY Buddy, Re: because he forgot to get any assurances from the US in advance The same mistake was made by Turkey in the negotiations in advance of Gulf War I in 1990. The Bushies promised billions of dollars to compensate Turkey for the economic disruption to their trade with Iraq, which has been estimated to amount to over $60 Billion in losses since 1991. This time around, Turkey demanded that they be paid in advance for cooperating with the Bushies. One of the untold stories about why the 4th Mech never landed on Turkey's Mediterranean shore is that the Bushies had their bluff called. No money was forthcoming, only empty promises. No wonder the world regards the U.S. as a shameful and misguided Goliath.