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Politics : Support the French! Viva Democracy! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: zonder who wrote (4137)	12/18/2003 7:21:12 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7834

The arguments for the war (given by both Bush and Powell) included both WMD's and humanitarian concerns. And other reasons for that matter - such as the support of terrorism. Multiple motives are possible and common in all affairs. Re. your analogy of police and criminals, if the police have limited manpower, they would be correct to arrest who they can even if some go free. I've received a speeding ticket on a highway where I was not the only speeder and others escaped. Nothing unfair or hypocritical about it. I've been thinking about the UN. It seems to me it has failed at every thing it has ever tried. I can't think of any conflict between nations where it has done anything that can be called a success. Re. Bush's credibility: Charles Taylor said he didn't want to leave power but he had to because Bush insisted. Gaddafi of Libya told the prime minister of Italy that "I will do whatever the Americans want, because I saw what happened in Iraq, and I was afraid." telegraph.co.uk France, Germany and Russia refused to forgive any debt until Bush played hardball with them on the contracting issue. Now they've agreed to cooperate. washingtonpost.com That's credibility.