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To: jttmab who wrote (185526)	4/22/2006 5:10:47 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Newt talked to the CIA about one action; Clinton considered a bombing attack on Iran. Neither happened. But $18 Million was allocated for the operation. Where did it go? Who spent the money? And who authorized the expenditures? The White House. Because while the congress has the responsibility and authority to allocate funds, it is the executive branch, via various agencies that answer to it (including the CIA), which spend that money. I don't expect you believe the US is obligated to abide by any international agreements. Only when there is reciprocity. I feel no compulsion to restrict myself to adhering to a treaty when dealing with a government that is blatantly violating that same treaty. This, apparently, is a major difference between our respective views. You seem wiling to hold us to obeyance of such treaties, while permitting other governments to violate them. And under such circumstances, US Foreign Policy will always be hamstrung and operate in a unrealistic manner that cannot successfully confront the violators who's sole purpose is to undermine democratic values and impose totalitarian domination over humanity. Hawk