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To: Chas. who wrote (115619)9/24/2003 4:21:19 PM
From: Jacob Snyder  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
<all the countries and naysayers will be clamoring for a spot in the limelight>

What have you been smoking? Or is this a joke?

France has been very consistent, refusing all cooperation with the U.S. re Iraq, until we abandon our unilateralism. Germany too. There is an emerging global consensus, to stand aside and do nothing to help, as long as the Control Freaks from Washington are in charge.

Polls in the U.S. have moved steadily against the President, ever since Saddam's statue fell. The NeoCons keep expecting everyone to jump on their triumphant bandwagon. Exactly the reverse is happening. Even in the Bush Administration, the NeoCon Faith is being questioned, the Realists and Multilateralists are enjoying a modest come-back.

The Democrats, who were stunned into silence for a long time, are getting daily louder and sharper in their criticisms. Several of the leading Democratic candidates are now even with Bush, in the polls.

The Dream of Conquest and Domination is over, fading painfully...



To: Chas. who wrote (115619)9/24/2003 6:04:29 PM
From: GST  Respond to of 281500
 
<is becoming obvious that USA and New Iraq is truly a thing of beauty> Bush is in trouble. He needs help. Whether or not he will get it from France, Germany and Russia is something only time will tell. They can smell his weakness and know he is increasingly under pressure to cut a deal. Lets see what he does with the wind in his face.