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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: stockman_scott who wrote (8905)	3/20/2004 8:38:58 AM
From: tonto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Actually I am focused on posters...and doing what they are doing. The candidates are human. In fact they are not great leaders, and I find it funny that people are not willing to admit to the flaws of their candidate or party member. Look at the dumb boarding incident. What Kerry did was childish and arrogant. An honest observation would have been, yup, he needs to better control his comments and anger. Issue done...instead we have posts saying, shows you he is a veteran...a fighter....(ggg) These guys are going to make a lot of mistakes. They are human. They should learn to laugh at themselves too. They just might help themselves. They could learn from Clinton. Humor is better than arrogance.

To: stockman_scott who wrote (8905)	3/20/2004 9:34:23 AM
From: H-Man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Last week, 22 people were killed in ethnic violence in Kosovo. This some 5 years after the UN took over Kosovo. It was just about a year ago, 4 years after the UN took over that the UN began to turn over the governance of the province to the Kosovars. And Krugman wants the UN to take over in Iraq now? What UN model of success can Krugman point to that would justify such a move? If anything, the change of heart by the Spanish government illustrates why the US should be in the lead and not relinquish it to the UN. The effort could not possibly withstand such tumult in the leadership. I have no doubt that at some point the UN will become more involved in Iraq and even take the lead. I suspect that sometime this year a UN force will come in and supplement the US forces. The Spanish PM is under great pressure right now even from those who do not support the Iraq war effort and in the end, will find a way to stay as part of a UN contingent. However, there is simply no history of UN success that justifies their takeover at this point in time.