Again I greatly prefer a leader that considers the defensibility of his actions. Of course consideration for global reaction is part of the process, it should be part of the process. That's the most simple aspect of being a member of a global community.
When considering something as serious as war you should ALWAYS be able to defend your actions upon the world stage. That's all Kerry's statement meant and I personally agree with it. We know that's what it meant because that's what he's said it meant. Bush also obviously agrees with the idea as he spent a great amount of time, before and after the war, defending the action to the global community. The republican campaign did indeed paint the statement repeatedly as if other countries would be given veto power over our military decisions. That was not the case. Jim Davis -----Original Message----- From: Sam Morris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 1:44 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Bin Laden shows his ugly face --- Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That sentence clearly places the approval for action > before world testament. > We "did it" NOT "we're going to do it (if you > approve)". The Republicans > are painting the statement out of context and > intimating Kerry suggested > that the world community have an approval control > over our military - he > simply didn't. I don't agree. The United States has the "right" to launch a preemptive strike on an enemy, yet we "have to" do it in a way that meets international approval afterwards. http://www.chronwatch.com/content/contentDisplay.asp?aid=10252 Why would he say: "...and you can prove to the world that you did it for legitimate reasons" If it wasn't part of his process? -sm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Protect your mail server with built in anti-virus protection. It's not only good for you, it's good for everybody. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=39 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:133579 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
