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

To: American Spirit who wrote (482982)	10/28/2003 7:25:46 PM
From: Selectric II	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769669

The "Kerry Post-War Plan," if you can call it a "plan," is essentially what Bush is doing, but abdicates responsibility and control to the totally ineffective ninnies at the U.N. Also, Kerry seems willing to turn the keys to the new Porsche over to the teenager before he gets his drivers license. Not a good idea. September 15, 2003 Speaking Sunday on Face the Nation, Senator John Kerry declared that the American people are paying the price for the reckless way in which the Administration approached the conflict in Iraq. "The President promised he would go to war as a last result. He didn't. The President promised he would build a coalition and work through the United Nations. He didn't." Kerry then said that what started out as a failure of diplomacy before the war has become a failure of leadership in its aftermath. In order to correct the Administration's errors and set the country on the path to winning the peace, Kerry proposed a four point plan for reconstructing Iraq. The Plan First, we need another UN Security Council Resolution as soon as possible. It should accomplish two major objectives: • Authorize a multinational military force under US command, so that we can recruit participation from a broader base and spread the risk and share the burden. • Put the creation of a new Iraqi government and the reconstruction of Iraq under the authority of the United Nations. This shift from sole U.S. control is the key to getting a larger international military force and greater participation and funding on the civilian side. Second, we need an accelerated transfer of authority and responsibility to the Iraqis. This also has two main components: • An accelerated effort to train and equip Iraqi security forces, both military and police, and create a mentors group to monitor their initial deployment. Just recruiting untrained soldiers and police does not create effectiveness. This training effort is essential to preventing incidents such as the accidental killing of more than ten Iraqi policemen this past week. It need not and should not be a U.S. only effort. • A phased transfer of authority and governing responsibility to Iraqis. Under Kerry's plan, the UN would preside over the phased-in transfer of control over governmental functions to a representative body of Iraqis in accordance with an announced timeframe of benchmarks pegged to the Iraqis’ ability to assume greater governing responsibility. These benchmarks would give the Iraqis a clearer picture of their future and an incentive to keep building their democratic institutions. While a new constitution and elections are important objectives, the transfer of authority need not await their completion.