The case for multilateralism
What do you think Kerry means by multi-lateral? At this point in the election debate, you should be able to answer this, because if you can’t, you’re not going to get any help from the media.
About all you will get from the New York Times and the LA Times regarding multi-inter-national-lateral is that the term applies to John Kerry alone. The term that is used with George Bush is unilateral, alone, nobody but us.
Think about it. George Bush went to the UN, got a resolution passed unanimously in the Security Council to put the wood to Saddam if he didn’t fork over his WMD. When it came to putting the wood together France, Germany and Russia demurred. Thirty other nations joined in a coalition with the US in the lead (you were thinking Italy should be the leader?) and thirty days later Iraq fell, several years ahead of what the nattering class was predicting. After learning what we have about the UN’s Oil for Food program, namely, that the French, Germans and Russians were making huge profits, and Saddam thought of it as his Money for WMD program, it’s no mystery that the three allies were not anxious to confront Iraq.
Meanwhile, Bush is leading a majority of nations in the successful prosecution of the war against terrorism everywhere else, a majority that includes France, Germany and Russia, BTW. In addition, Bush is negotiating substantial concessions from the three in his drive to forgive Iraq’s debt.
Things are looking up for the globe, wouldn’t you say?
About all you will get from the New York Times and the LA Times regarding multi-inter-national-lateral is that the term applies to John Kerry alone. The term that is used with George Bush is unilateral, alone, nobody but us.
Think about it. George Bush went to the UN, got a resolution passed unanimously in the Security Council to put the wood to Saddam if he didn’t fork over his WMD. When it came to putting the wood together France, Germany and Russia demurred. Thirty other nations joined in a coalition with the US in the lead (you were thinking Italy should be the leader?) and thirty days later Iraq fell, several years ahead of what the nattering class was predicting. After learning what we have about the UN’s Oil for Food program, namely, that the French, Germans and Russians were making huge profits, and Saddam thought of it as his Money for WMD program, it’s no mystery that the three allies were not anxious to confront Iraq.
Meanwhile, Bush is leading a majority of nations in the successful prosecution of the war against terrorism everywhere else, a majority that includes France, Germany and Russia, BTW. In addition, Bush is negotiating substantial concessions from the three in his drive to forgive Iraq’s debt.
Things are looking up for the globe, wouldn’t you say?
posted by Rance Fasoldt at 5:55 AM
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