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

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (445901)	8/21/2003 9:55:53 AM
From: Thomas A Watson	Respond to of 769670

kenny, that's basically a stupid observation. Iraq is a magnet to all the ignorant impoverished from other no hope Arab countries. But Iraq will be rebuilt and the people will have hope and a better life where they can control their own destiny. That does not breed terrorists. But what do you expect form minds that would give nuclear reactors to North Korea stupidly ignorant of the fact that that would give them fissile material for nuclear weapons. ROTFLOL samo samo.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (445901)	8/21/2003 10:05:39 AM
From: Orcastraiter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

The invasion of Iraq was a mistake. That's becoming clearer everyday. Unilateralism is not acceptable in todays world. Now we send Powell to the UN to ask for a resolution to send UN troops to help in Iraq. Kinda like getting the cart in front of the horse, but it is the right move. Better late than never as they say. But now we have deteriorating situations in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Wesley Clark said: "Terrorism is a multilateral problem. You cannot defeat it in one nation. You need international police work, teamwork, international harmonization of laws against terror, a whole series of things. You act unilaterally; you lose the commitment of your allies to make it work. That's the one thing that will kill you in the war on terrorism." I think he's spot on. Bush screwed up and now we will pay the price. We are not more secure against terror. I will be surprised if we are not hit again, and soon, with another 9-11 sized attack. It's sad that this administration is full of tacticians and folks focused on the calculus of war, and there is no one with a vision of how we as a "world community" need to proceed to deal with the problem of terror. Terrorism will not be defeated in the desert of Iraq. Bush's policies are bankrupt of idealism, vision and American principles. Orca