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To: TigerPaw who wrote (118737)	11/6/2003 9:30:12 AM
From: GST	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

<"In its 1998 open letter to Clinton, the group openly advocated unilateral U.S. action against Iraq"> This was the same message that Cheney took on the road to our "allies" soon after 9/11 -- and quite predictably they flatly refused to sign-on to the neocon agenda. The possibility of building international support was destroyed from day one by the neocons at the White House.

To: TigerPaw who wrote (118737)	11/6/2003 9:41:06 AM
From: GST	Respond to of 281500

The faces of those who are really paying for this war, lest we forget: washingtonpost.com

To: TigerPaw who wrote (118737)	11/6/2003 10:33:20 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 281500

Why anti-US fighting grows in Iraq csmonitor.com

To: TigerPaw who wrote (118737)	11/6/2003 3:23:54 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

re: <Predicting Vindication: Kristol expressed regret that so many of America's traditional allies oppose military action against Iraq, but said the United States has no choice. "I think what we've learned over the last 10 years is that America has to lead. Other countries won't act. They will follow us, but they won't do it on their own," he said. Kristol believes the United States will be "vindicated when we discover the weapons of mass destruction and when we liberate the people of Iraq." He predicts that many of the allies who have been reluctant to join the war effort would participate in efforts to rebuild and democratize Iraq.> By his standards, the war hasn't been vindicated. The allies didn't follow our lead, the WMD weren't found, and only token offers to help post-war have been made.