Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[mike_m]

Re:<Is this an excuse? Do you disagree Bush has now asked for UN help? Do you still believe his "you're with us or against us" attitude was constructive? How about his "bring em on" comment. Was that diplomacy at it's finest?>

How does one disagree that he has asked the UN for help, Sara?

I don't believe that the UN has ever been a functional body to deal with issues like pre-war Iraq. There was no basis for consensus in the multi-agenda of the Security Council. Unilateral action is always an option. No precedence was set.

On the other hand, it is not unrealistic to look to the UN to deal with post-war Iraq. If it were not so, the organization would even be more irrelevant than most think it to be.

If you don't like President Bush, no comment that he has ever made or makes in the future will ever be considered constructive. The "bring em on" comment, for instance, bothers you much more than it does me...