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 RC> Who not only served 20 years, but also lost a son and a
 RC> cousin in Vietnam. 
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 MA> Those few protestors who showed up and challanged the
 MA> Clinton policy, I beleive, had a profound effect and
 MA> dramatically altered our foreign policy. Howe weak can the
 MA> policies of an administration become? 
Hey, we're talking _Clinton_ *foreign* policy here... from
the Dufus who cut the daily Presidential SITREP to once
every 9 to 10 days.
 RC> An arrogance which, if anything, has stiffened the public's
 RC> resistance to the proposed policy. 
 MA> I think the public was never considered in the
 MA> administration policy. 
[...snip...]
As other than a cheering section, no.
 
 RC> Yeah - but it's backfired on him. Sec-Gen Kofi Annan is
 RC> getting all the credit for an expert, sophisticated
 RC> diplomatic effort while the Dufus is being portrayed as an
 RC> incompetent who couldn't prevail with either diplomacy or
 RC> military threats. 
 
 MA> Have you seen this agreement?
Yup - Kofi Annan gets another $200 million for the UN and
the Senate-required UN reforms get shelved. Jesse Helms
ain't gonna buy this!
 MA> Most of it is dedicated to generalizations such as " The
 MA> United Nations agrees to respect the soverignty of
 MA> Iraq...The United Nations agrees to honor the territorial
 MA> integrity of Iraq...ect, ect, ect." Look at that thing!
Remember the "...over a hundred palaces..." which are now
the "...eight disputed palaces..." which will be inspected
by inspectors *escorted* by diplomats? 
 MA> Who cut a deal with who? 
Annan got his bennies as noted above.
The Dufus got out of an ineffectual military action - he
hopes. 
Saddam got freed from some of the limitations of the
cease-fire agreement he signed 7 years ago. 
... The Martians are a happy people; they have no lawyers. -- ERB
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