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To: LindyBill who wrote (108507)	7/29/2003 1:01:00 AM
From: Graystone	Respond to of 281500

<<Why, I keep asking myself?>> or Is that a British accent LindyBill ? I read that article carefully. The author said this <<To replay the war debate now is a fatal distraction from the vital work at hand.>> Efforts at reconstruction are not being hampered by lack of international co-operation. Many countries did not send troops to participate in the US/UK coalition because they felt that the actions of the United States and the UK were precipitous, there had been no serious debate. There were exhortations to war accompanied by explanations of significant threats, this information came from Mr. Bush and Mr. Blair, Mr. Chretien, our Prime Minister did not exhort Canadians to war or warn them of the grave threat to international stability posed by Saddam Hussein. UN Peacekeepers are not in Iraq because the United States and Britain chose to act alone. This situation is the one facing Americans, questioning the motives of those who would re-open the issue of "WHY" is not the answer that will open the door to the UN or NATO forces. The "No Apologies" article does not offer suggestions as to what will bring international peacekeepers to Iraq, it appears to be closer to Mr. Bush's "Bring them on". The lack of international co-operation may not be clear to the author, the question of why the US/UK forces are in Iraq and hundreds have died is in his words a <<domestic political squabble.>>