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

To: CalculatedRisk who wrote (14382)	4/13/2004 1:54:08 AM
From: CalculatedRisk	Respond to of 81568

Kerry has stood up and made the right comments on Iraq. Now we will see if Bush stands up Tuesday night or just resorts to more platitudes. Bush needs to 1) answer the questions with specifics, 2) take follow up questions, 3) explain exactly to whom we are turning control over to on June 30th, 4) admit his mistakes (take responsibility for his administrations failures) for 9/11, faulty Iraq WMD intelligence and poor post-war planning. That is the least a real President would do. This op-ed hits Bush on point 4: Will Bush Own Up? By E. J. Dionne Jr. Tuesday, April 13, 2004; Page A19 "We stand for a culture of responsibility in America. We're changing the culture of this country from one that has said, if it feels good, do it, and if you got a problem, blame somebody else, to a culture in which each of us are responsible for the decisions we make in life." Maybe President Bush should reread his own words, offered last week at a fundraiser in Charlotte. washingtonpost.com

To: CalculatedRisk who wrote (14382)	4/13/2004 7:59:55 AM
From: Selectric II	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

Oh, come on now. Kerry wants to let the U.N. handle Iraq. Inasmuch as we now know that the U.N. was on Saddam's payroll, it seems that there's an established U.N./insurgent relationship there that might work. Probably the first thing the U.N./Kerry strategy would implement is to release Saddam to U.N. custody, then install him as Governor of Iraq. That way, the insurgents would stop fighting us and sign on as Saddam's military. That would STOP the WAR and BRING PEACE, which is the only goal and priority here, right? The U.N. could then ship building materials and paint to Iraq so the torture chambers and rape rooms could be updated, redecorated, and reopened ASAP. Once that's done, they might even send Saddam some yellow cake, centrifuges, and advanced biological production equipment, along with a note of apology for interrupting his ambitions over the past decade. Yeah, that's the ticket. Oh, and of course they mustn't forget to put those UN employees back on Saddam's payroll.

To: CalculatedRisk who wrote (14382)	4/13/2004 8:54:30 AM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 81568

..the administration ...has turned to U.N. representative Lakhdar Brahimi to develop a formula for an interim Iraqi government that each of the major Iraqi factions can accept. That's amazing. We need to tell the Kerry people about this. They keep saying Bush won't try to work with the UN ( as if we haven't been trying to all along). We should urge NATO to create a new out-of-area operation for Iraq under the lead of a U.S. commander. Yeah, urge other countries to help out on security with the US retaining command. Wait that sounds kind of familiar. I'll be darned - it's another thing the Bush adm has been trying to do all along. That's how those Poles and Ukrainians and Thais and etc. got to be in Iraq. The United Nations, not the United States, should be the primary civilian partner in working with Iraqi leaders to hold elections, restore government services, rebuild the economy, and re-create a sense of hope and optimism among the Iraqi people. Sounds great - I'm still waiting to hear how Kerry will lure the UN back to Iraq from Cyprus. Our country is committed to help the Iraqis build a stable, peaceful and pluralistic society. No matter who is elected president in November, we will persevere in that mission. .... That is not a partisan proposal. It is a matter of national honor and trust. It certainly is. I applaud these words. Kerry said exactly the right thing. I'd feel more comfortable, though, if Kerry didn't have that history of flip-flopping.