Tuesday, March 18, 2003
Trade In Our White Hats and What Does Dad Say
I feel sorry and sad for everyone today. The world changed today at 10 am, and millions of lives will never be the same. I firmly believe the US power will be attacked in many ways. Some may be overt terrorist acts but others, will be much more subtle. Some of these attacks on the US will be stealthy and multilateral. Governments have already started to work to raise tariffs, undermine the dollar, and and punish the US economically for years to come. Colin Powell may also be a victim in this train wreck. He tried his hardest to reason with unmoveable and unreasonable people, you know, the George W./Cheney/Rumsfield trio, the real axis of evil. I know Powell does not agree with the mess the President made. George's own father does not even support the President's approach to this problem either. How sad is that!
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Bush Sr warning over unilateral action
From Roland Watson in Washington
THE first President Bush has told his son that hopes of peace in the Middle East would be ruined if a war with Iraq were not backed by international unity.
Drawing on his own experiences before and after the 1991 Gulf War, Mr Bush Sr said that the brief flowering of hope for Arab-Israeli relations a decade ago would never have happened if America had ignored the will of the United Nations.
He also urged the President to resist his tendency to bear grudges, advising his son to bridge the rift between the United States, France and Germany.
“You’ve got to reach out to the other person. You’ve got to convince them that long-term friendship should trump short-term adversity,” he said.
The former President’s comments reflect unease among the Bush family and its entourage at the way that George W. Bush is ignoring international opinion and overriding the institutions that his father sought to uphold. Mr Bush Sr is a former US Ambassador to the UN and comes from a family steeped in multi-lateralist traditions.
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Bush Sr warning over unilateral action
From Roland Watson in Washington
THE first President Bush has told his son that hopes of peace in the Middle East would be ruined if a war with Iraq were not backed by international unity.
Drawing on his own experiences before and after the 1991 Gulf War, Mr Bush Sr said that the brief flowering of hope for Arab-Israeli relations a decade ago would never have happened if America had ignored the will of the United Nations.
He also urged the President to resist his tendency to bear grudges, advising his son to bridge the rift between the United States, France and Germany.
“You’ve got to reach out to the other person. You’ve got to convince them that long-term friendship should trump short-term adversity,” he said.
The former President’s comments reflect unease among the Bush family and its entourage at the way that George W. Bush is ignoring international opinion and overriding the institutions that his father sought to uphold. Mr Bush Sr is a former US Ambassador to the UN and comes from a family steeped in multi-lateralist traditions.
# posted by Thomas @ 12:29 AM 
