Biden Time in Iraq
I don't like anything about Sen. Biden. I don't like his hairplugs, his sanctimonious manner of speaking and the fact that the best politician that he could plagiarize was Neil Kinnock. Until now that is. Feeling that it is probably much better to steal from loser politicians at home than abroad he has opted to tear a page from John Kerry's campaign book, rework it a bit and plaster his name on it. How else to explain Biden's totally inane op-ed in the WaPost? He wants us to get the international community to help us deal with the insurgency in Iraq. You see if the Sunnis, Syrians and Iranians all see how serious we all are then they will stop. After all this has been going so swimingly well in the nuke talks with Iran. I may not know how to fix the situation in Iraq but getting everyone to say that they don't agree with people blowing up people is not going to do a darned thing.
posted by theCardinal @ 6:26 AM
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The press here suggests the US Defence Secretary has some sympathy with Senator Biden's reasoning. On the crucial question of whether there should be an American empire or a UN empire, Donald Rumsfeld seems to be thinking that a NATO coalition is a realistic compromise.
National attempts to turn back the global tide are put into perspective by this article today.
"Three years ago, President Bush warned the UN that it would become "irrelevant" unless it took action against Iraq. The world body declined to endorse the 2003 invasion, but, far from making it irrelevant, Mr Bush has returned to it time and again to seek diplomatic cover for the subsequent occupation and America's plans for the political transition. Its strength drained by the Iraqi insurgency, the Administration has curbed its unilateralist swagger and discovered some benefits in pursuing a more co-operative foreign policy at the UN."
The NATO option would be welcomed by everyone I would think. Trying to make his case Biden stretches it a bit by involving the entire civilized world in this effort. Getting the UN, NATO, EU, the US and Iraq's neighbors on the same page is a ludicrous suggestion.
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I agree that the US is seeking a more multilateral approach as it should. I do believe that unilateralism has its time and place but the Bush Admin. overplayed its hand. After entering Baghdad there was the opportunity to be magnanimous and reach out to the UN and EU. Instead all that we heard was how contracts would only go to friends and how we did not want a role for the UN. Then the insurgency kicked in and we realized that we were in over our heads and no one had a stake in this other than the people of Iraq and US.
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