Bush is impatient. He wants to "get Saddam" before
he ceased to get off on getting Saddam.
THat's speculative.
What is not speculative is the way the Bushies are
treating the German government officials like children
who have sassed and aren't going to get off without
grovelling and admitting they had acted bigger than
their britches and doing penance and being really sorry
and making sure they don't even think of trying it
again. Apologizing and offering a ritual
sacrifice of the Justice Minister
is *not* enough to make up for what the Germans
have *done to* Bush! Runsfeld refused to shake the German Defense
Minister's hand, etc.
So for the first time we have seen the other side
of Dubya and
Condeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
s'
smiling faces.
Will there be more to come?
\brad mccormick
Karen Watters Cole wrote:
>
> Arthur, most rational people would agree that Iraq is stalling. The
> question remains how far do you go to enforce and then correct a dangerous
> situation?
> I think that Bush should play out the diplomatic string to its conclusion.
> Like prosecutorial evidence, it will make the difference to the jury at
> decision time. If Hussein is foolish enough to make it difficult for his
> erstwhile Arab supporters to stick with him, then it will be much easier for
> us in battle and afterwards.
>
> For now, there does not seem to be much developed about an occupation, and
> this is worrisome, leaving the Bush and Blair administrations open to
> suspicious that they are myopic and jumping from one hotspot to another
> without changing the lasting conditions.
>
> There are parallels in recent history that suit both sides of this debate.
> How do we tell which are relevant and which are sentimentality at work?
> Karen
>
> Arthur wrote: I sometimes wonder about the on again off again protracted
> inspector issues
> in Iraq and the comparisons with Japan leading up to Dec 7, 41, with the on
> again off again negotiations culminating in the attack.
>
> What is Iraq trying to accomplish? Assuming rationality of course. Either
> they are developing weapons, in which case negotiate and slow things down.
> Or they are not, in which case throw open the borders, let the inspectors in
> and anywhere and everywhere---all of which will lead to removing the
> sanctions.
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Let your light so shine before men,
that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16)
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21)
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