[~Vor~]

I apologize if this has been posted already. A search on my part, did not show that it had been.

[tictoc]

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[BunnySlippers]

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[Non-Sequitur]

A senior administration official says that Bush plans to seek a new way to control the proliferation of the world's deadliest weapons.

How?

[Maceman]

But skeptics caution hope that the war could be more protracted and more costly, and that the process of rebuilding Iraq could defy the best-laid plans.

[William McKinley]

such as France, a comrade

I wonder if the author intentionally used such precise and correct language, of if she merely stumbled into it.

[PGalt]

The first battle of the war was fought and won by the heroes on flight 93.

[A Vast RightWing Conspirator]

Let's not forget that one of the unintended consequences of W's war would be making Europe even safer for socialism. Blair is likely to go soon and a more leftist Labour Party will be ruling the UK for the forseeable future. Spain, which is 80-90% against war will get rid of its current conservative government as soon as Spain has an election. And so will Italy. At the same time, former and probably current (closet) commies currently in power in Poland, Bulgaria, Romania and other great allies of ours may manage to keep themselves in power thanks to us buying their friendship. The EU will be strenghtened and NATO will be weakened.

Great job, I'd say.

[js1138]

It would be the first preventive war in U.S. history, the first time the nation has attacked without being struck first.

I keep forgetting; when did Serbia attack us?

[gulfcoast6]

Have you seen a democract today on TV? They sure look 'washed out', looks like they have been drained, Wonder what the matter is.

[wayoverontheright]

Bush seems an unlikely architect of a new global doctrine.

These people LOVE to piss on Bush's parade, even when it's an absolutely idiotic idea.

Let's see, what's shaping up here looks like it could be a good thing for America, so let's see....Bush JUST COULDN'T be the architect....oh, I know, JOHN MCCAIN!!!...Yeah! THAT'S the ticket!

George Bush wouldn't allow McCain to deliver the paper to the Whitehouse, and these idiots want to credit McCain for policy.

Give me a freaking break!!!

[wayoverontheright]

Step by step, Bush has moved toward the sweeping worldview of his most hawkish advisers:

Witnessing 3000 innocent civilians die in an inferno will do that to a person.

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

against the open opposition of longtime friends such as France, a comrade in arms since the days of the American Revolution.

This statement, is on it's face, correct. A closer look at our relationship with France will however show that she is our friend when it suits her aims. Only when pushed by her old enemies the British or the Germans does France remember to be our friend.

[Question_Assumptions]

9/11 showed that containment can't ensure American security. I'm sure President Bush is imagining what might have happened had those planes contained nuclear bombs.

The big question is whether North Korea or Iran is next.

[CyberAnt]

"bold and dangerous"

ROTFLOL! Biden is classic liberal. Translation: We (the cowering democrats/liberals) are not "bold" enough, and we do not have enough courage to defend this nation - and if Bush tries this "dangerous" move, he could actually change this nation's alliances throughout the world (and set the democrat party back for HUNDREDS OF YEARS)!!

[apeman81]

I have more points to address, but first I wish to strongly object to the ridiculous assertion that this is the first “pre-emptive war”. Putting aside the argument that this war is to be fought to force Saddam to disarm, as the ceasefire and subsequent resolutions ordered, what everyone seems to overlook is John F. Kennedy’s October Missile Crisis.

Unless we are to believe that JFK, on behalf of the US, was bluffing, and he would not have backed up his play with action, then his ordering of a blockade of Cuba, an act of war, was indeed the first pre-emptive confrontation. The only difference between that situation and current crisis is that Hussein is not backing down, and we must back up our threats with action.

Don’t allow this assertion go unchallenged

[Eva]

The problem with this article is that France has not been a true ally ever, except for that breif period during the American revolution and that was more a case of my enemies' enemy (France has always had an adversarial relationship with England). The world will not be truly realigned, just more openly aligned. The US will now be able to acknowledge the duplicity of their erstwhile allies.