From: Andrew Clough (aclough@mit.edu)
Date: Fri Apr 11 2003 - 00:49:35 MDT
At 10:49 PM 4/10/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>--- Andrew Clough <aclough@mit.edu> wrote:
> > First, I'd like to begin by agreeing with your assessment of Bush's
> > diplomatic abilities. He doesn't seem to have done a very good job
> > at all of getting international support/approval of this, and I
> > think that many presidents could have done better.
>
>Exactly what do you think would have convinced the French to not veto
>the last resolution? A hummer or a hand job?
>
>What would, say, Al Gore have done to make Hussein comply with UN
>Resolutions? Saddam would have said,"There is no overriding legal
>authority...."... ;)
No, I certainly don't regret the way the last election went, at least with
regards to foreign policy (the primaries on the other hand...). I think
that going to war was actually the right move, and that yes, the
cooperation of the French could never have been had. On the other hand,
I'm sorry that we weren't able to get the Canadians on board with us, and I
think that there have been several presidents in the last century that
could have managed it.
Never attribute to malice what can be explained by stupidity. Don't assign
to stupidity what might be due to ignorance. And try not to assume you
opponent is the ignorant one-until you can show it isn't you.
-M.N. Plano
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