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"maff" |
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17 Nov 2003 03:03:56 PM |
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OT: No George McGovern |
No George McGovern
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50126-2003Nov16.html
By Robert Kagan, Page A25
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld recently did his best to
justify the war in Iraq, and he expounded a bit on the role of
American power in the world. Here are some excerpts of what he said:
"The war against Saddam Hussein was right. . . . He is a vicious
dictator and a documented deceiver. He . . . invaded his neighbors,
used chemical arms and failed to account for all the chemical and
biological weapons he had before the Gulf War. And he . . . tried to
build a nuclear bomb. . . . I think we're going to find weapons of
mass destruction. I'm convinced that these weapons were there and that
they could have found their way into the hands of terrorists and found
their way to the United States, and that's what we had to stop. . . .
A nation always preserves the right to take preemptive action in
defense of our security and our freedom. . . . We have a chance to
show the world that we were in fact in Iraq for the right reasons,
that we were there for the purpose of liberating the Iraqi people,
that this was not about the expansion of American power, that this was
not about oil. . . . I think the commander in chief has to be tough. I
appreciate the fact that we have a strong military in this country. .
.. . I think the world has proven, and we have proven, that there is a
rationale for our containing the most powerful military on the face of
the planet. To win the war on terror, we must be prepared to use the
iron fist of our superb military."
Robert Kagan
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| User: "maff" |
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| Title: Re: OT: No George McGovern |
19 Nov 2003 04:05:14 AM |
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No George McGovern
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50126-2003Nov16.html
By Robert Kagan, Page A25
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld recently did his best to
justify the war in Iraq, and he expounded a bit on the role of
American power in the world. Here are some excerpts of what he said:
"The war against Saddam Hussein was right. . . . He is a vicious
dictator and a documented deceiver. He . . . invaded his neighbors,
used chemical arms and failed to account for all the chemical and
biological weapons he had before the Gulf War. And he . . . tried to
build a nuclear bomb. . . . I think we're going to find weapons of
mass destruction. I'm convinced that these weapons were there and that
they could have found their way into the hands of terrorists and found
their way to the United States, and that's what we had to stop. . . .
A nation always preserves the right to take preemptive action in
defense of our security and our freedom. . . . We have a chance to
show the world that we were in fact in Iraq for the right reasons,
that we were there for the purpose of liberating the Iraqi people,
that this was not about the expansion of American power, that this was
not about oil. . . . I think the commander in chief has to be tough. I
appreciate the fact that we have a strong military in this country. .
. . I think the world has proven, and we have proven, that there is a
rationale for our containing the most powerful military on the face of
the planet. To win the war on terror, we must be prepared to use the
iron fist of our superb military."
Robert Kagan
http://news.google.com/news?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=+%22Robert+Kagan%22&sa=N&tab=gn
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=+%22Robert+Kagan%22&sa=N&tab=nw
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=+%22Robert+Kagan%22&sa=N&tab=wd&cat=gwd%2FTop
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_epq=Robert%20Kagan&safe=images&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&as_scoring=d&lr=&num=100&hl=en
Beyond the great divide
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1088190,00.html
If Americans are from Mars and Europeans are from Venus, that spells
big trouble here on Earth
Jonathan Freedland
Wednesday November 19, 2003
The Guardian
Call Relate: this is a couple that could use some marriage guidance.
No, not the prime minister and his newly arrived visitor: they seem to
get along just fine. They're like the sweethearts in the old Tracey
Ullman song. No matter how many people insist their romance is wrong,
their bond only gets stronger. "Why should it matter to us if they
don't approve... 'cause they don't know 'bout us/And they've never
heard of love."
Jonathan Freedland
http://news.google.com/news?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=+%22Jonathan+Freedland%22&sa=N&tab=gn
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