[knighthawk]

Ping

[GunRunner]

Mr. Bush's speech should help clear away such conspiracy theories and put the focus where it rightly sits -- on Saddam and the threat he poses to all Middle Eastern and Western nations.

LOL.

Sure, it should, but it won't.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Most Arab countries will spurn Mr. Bush to the last -- however he frames his pitch. Middle Eastern dictators loathe Saddam for stirring up trouble and attracting attention to their miserable, repressive corner of the Earth. But they are afraid that if one strongman gets knocked off, democracy could become epidemic, and the whole neighbourhood might become, as they euphemize, "destabilized."

I have seen ZERO remark on what struck me in GW's speech at the UN. Did my ears deceive me or did Bush explicitly speak of reform in the region, following Iraq?

[facedown]

...that Uncle Sam's solo status reflects the moral failure of the nations that don't show up in the Gulf, not the one country that does.

Exactly.

[Madame Dufarge]

George Bush has to be the most brilliant poker player the world has ever seen.

[AzJP]

I never met a selfish trigger-happy cowboy.

George The Younger may be the first one or two, but he's all hat.

kj