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To: Ilaine who wrote (212321)	1/10/2007 1:50:46 AM
From: E	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Oh please. What has that post got to do with pursuing our own interest and the goal of promoting some species of peace over there? "The right thing for us to do." I see. It was an ethical choice, not an inept one, not a diplomatic mistake. Principles are principles, and the cost? You can't let the cost, however great, influence you when it comes to doing the right thing, you feel. You wrote, "and I paraphrase, the Iraqis asked, 'look, is it our call whether and when to execute him?'" If they'd asked, "Look, is it our call whether to have a trial or not?", would you have said, "It's their call"? If they'd asked, "Look, is it our call whether and when -- and in what manner and atmosphere to execute him," would you say, "It's their call"? -- whatever the cost from our POV? That kind of makes us their bitch, it seems to me. We had a lot of people fighting not to turn him over. The call to Condi should have stopped it immediately. And she has access to Bush. Oh wait. Bush. Nevermind.