--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > So it really depends on who the "left" is. If you > are talking about moderate democrats and liberals, > their plan would have been much the same as Bush's > sans the alienation of the rest of the world and the > war on Iraq this year (maybe not; Some in Clinton's > white house wanted to take Sadaam out so with a > changed political climate this might have happened > anyway). If you are talking about the real left (not > just the left of center liberals), who cares?
Do you seriously believe that if any person other than Bush were President we would have taken out Saddam by now? Really? Also, the goal of international relations is not _popularity_. The world is not a high school. Bush _used_ the sympathy 9/11 generated to make possible something that would not have been possible without it - the removal of Saddam Hussein, something that was clearly not in the interest of anyone in the region or in Europe (save England). His ability to do that was diplomatic skill of the highest order. ===== Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Freedom is not free" http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
