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

To: sea_biscuit who wrote (73791)	2/25/2006 7:02:02 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Bush has started to show some common sense like tendencies in foreign policy. I term this as more Colin Powell like tendency than the "trika" tendency of Cheney-Rummy-Wolfy. Palestine: US pledges continuation of aid to PNA www.chinaview.cn 2006-02-25 21:26:36 RAMALLAH, Feb. 25 (Xinhuanet) -- Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat Saturday said the U.S. pledged to continue financial support for the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) though the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) would lead a new Palestinian government. Erekat told reporters following a meeting in Ramallah with visiting deputy US Secretary of State for Middle East Affairs David Welsh. The meeting was the first high-level U.S.-Palestinian contact since Hamas, whose charter calls for destruction of Israel, scored a landslide victory in Palestinian Parliamentary elections last month. Welsh is also scheduled to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas later on Saturday, according to Palestinian and Israeli sources. The U.S. official is also expected to meet with Israeli officials on Sunday, said the sources. news.xinhuanet.com

To: sea_biscuit who wrote (73791)	2/25/2006 7:17:02 PM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 81568

Bottomline on Iraq is that Bush-Cheney lied and manipulated intelligence in order to fool everyone, including congress. So the question is, do you blame the liars or those who even halfway believed any of their lies? And did anyone have any real evidence that Bush-Cheney were lying at the time? No, because that took time to put together. And by then it was too late, we'd already invaded. Don't forget that a few days after the invasion, which was initially fairly successful, Kerry spoke out against the way Bush had handled things. That took guts to do and he was widely criticized, but it proves that Kerry never ever went along with Bush on this war, and approved invasion only as a very last resort, and only then with many more allies and much more diplomacy and preparation. Kerry never flip-flopped, he merely stated that there was a right way and a wrong way, and Bush did it the wrong way. Those Bush-Cheney lies were confirmed by the ex-CIA intel officer who spoke out recently. He stated that the CIA's real opinion was that there might be no WMD and that the invasion would spark an insurgency. But those CIA opinions were never heard and never presented to the public or the congress.