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To: sinkspur; BlackElk
The Pope wants something to counter the United States and Britain. Surely you see that

Actually, no.

It is clear that the Pope is not comfortable with the present situation; OTOH, it is NOT clear that he "seeks an alternative" to US/Brit domination.

What he DOES seek is a way for the US to extricate itself from taking the lead and thus becoming a target.

He's trying to HELP us, Sinky.

286 posted on 01/01/2004 12:22:24 PM PST by ninenot (So many cats, so few recipes)
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To: ninenot
He's trying to HELP us, Sinky.

Hamstringing is not helping. Had we deferred to His Holiness in March, suicide bombers' families would still be getting $25K, and Hussein would be torturing his people. Oh, and Libya would NOT have been forced to knuckle-under and agree to give up its WMDs.

International bodies are worthless, militarily, since the strong are held up by the weakest members, usually some clueless pacific country, like France or Canada.

If Iraq proved anything, it proved that the United States simply doesn't need a bunch of internationalists.

381 posted on 01/01/2004 4:38:45 PM PST by sinkspur (Adopt a shelter dog or cat! You'll save one life, and maybe two!)
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