On Tuesday, when the Saudi Arabian ambassador went to Bush's Texas ranch,
the meeting was described by an official as unusual.
Since then, one learns that only heads of state are usually accorded the
'privilege' of meeting Bush at his ranch -- Putin was there fairly recently
I seem to remember.
According to some of our newspapers this morning, there is now so much
pressure from America's allies all round the world that Bush may be
willing, after all, to seek United Nations backing for a war, or at least,
a new UN resolution for weapons inspections in Iraq.
On the face, this is an
An interesting contribution to a topic much discussed on this list
recently.
Ed
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The Saudi Arabia dilemmaGeorge Bush Sr. fears a Saudi
collapse in another war with Iraq. George Jr. doesn't and will
Keith,
I think that hope for a more stable Middle East with changes in
governments is not realistic. In general, when governments change, the
change is brought about by the most far out. I would guess that we need
to be ready for a couple of decades of chaos to make up for our policies
of
Aside from the primary topic of this article, it is worth noting this
week while the Earth Summit meets in S. Africa that the Bush=Cheney
administration is using a lot of political capital to maintain its unilateralist
environmental positions. Increasingly,
the environment is the future,
I've been wondering in the past few days what scenario might unfold that
would allow Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld to save face if their initial full steam
ahead effort did not succeed. Let's face it, when even normally polite and
reticent Canada speaks up against what you are saying you have every
They also shared a certain superficiality. A concern with the self.
-Original Message-
From: Harry Pollard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 5:31 PM
To: Keith Hudson; Karen Watters Cole
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: FW: An Uncertain Britain
Keith,
I
Ed,
Edward Luttwak's article in the Globe Mail (30 August) that you posted is
most interesting. His analysis of the Saudi/Iraq situation is much closer
to mine than that of any other commentator I've read so far.
We agree and disagree on two of the most important points that he makes.
Where
KW
I hesitate to mention it lest there is an onslaught of rehashed Clinton
analysis, but with Clinton it was significant that he had an alcoholic and
possibly abusive stepfather and was raised by a flamboyant mother.
Protecting dark family secrets and promoting a public face were inherent in
his
For all those interested: NOW with Bill Moyers: Friday August 30,
2002 at 9pm ET on PBS (Check local listings at
http://www.pbs.org/now/sched.html)
NOW presents The Earth Debate, a special ninety-minute program
from South Africa. This week the
UN World Summit on Sustainable Development
Something to think about while we await developments in Saudi Arabia...
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 00:08:45 -0400
Winnipeg Free Press
Monday, July 29th, 2002
Warning: The P3s are coming!
Sunday, July 21st, 2002
MURRAY DOBBIN
I am a definite outsider when it comes to corporations, so I
Keith,
As I said, I think the target is Saudi Arabia - if things are not properly
sorted out there.
There is not a little hope in that statement - and the following - for a
war against Iraq is about as potty a venture as we can have. However, if
this is a beautiful bluff to get Saddam to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
KW
I hesitate to mention it lest there is an onslaught of rehashed Clinton
analysis, but with Clinton it was significant that he had an alcoholic and
possibly abusive stepfather and was raised by a flamboyant mother.
Protecting dark family secrets and promoting a
Harry Pollard wrote:
[snip]
The question, which may soon be answered for us (keep ALL your
fingers crossed) continues to be - is Bush still a conciliator, or has he
been infected by Presidential hubris?
[snip]
Bush is #2. Who is #1? (ref.: The Prisoner)
Who is pulling Bush-puppet's strings?
It seems to be increasingly clear that the
emperor's (King Dubya I, or George II as you wish...)
new clothes are not real but memorex.
Osama is apparently still on the loose, but then
we stopped considering him to be an important part
of the problem as soon as we saw he wouldn't
walk into the
Hi Keith et al,
Here is a report on a group here in the US that is actively
lobbying against the Iraqi War. They have collected 160,000
names on their petition and sending them to Congress.
Dennis Paull
Half Moon Bay, CA
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Date:
Harry,
It's really all about Bush wanting to be a two-term president.
There's the old tag: You can lie to all the people some of the time; you
can lie to some of the people all of the time; but you can't lie to all the
people all the time.
In other words (and Blair should take this to heart,
Well, folks, it may be the surest confirmation of where we are going yet.
I just skimmed through the toy section of the JCPenney Christmas catalog
that, unfortunately, arrived today.
There are four pages of GI Joe and Ultra Corps military action heroes stuff,
including a $45 forward command
Karen,
I doubt that Dubya has a need for popular election. He was elected
according to the rules of the country. That's enough. He does have a need
to be re-elected as do all politicians. As soon as they are elected, they
think about re-election.
Also, he wasn't elected by the US Supreme
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