UNilateralist
Politics has a way of massaging the meaning out of some words. While any coalition that the US leads into Iraq will have more members than there are on the UN Security Counsel many liberal Democrats still refer to a fight without the UN blessing as "going it alone" or acting "unilaterally." Doing some massaging of my own I think the Dem definition should be spelled with two initial caps--UNilateral. That way no one would be confused into thinking they were tryiing to mislead the public into thinking that the Bush administration had no foreign support for their operation in Iraq. I think this type of massaging has been going on a while by the Dems. Back in the 90's when the rate of growth in spending did not meet their objectives the increase in spending was called a "cut." Fraudulant use of language will eventually lead to a credibility problem.
Anti War Show II
The anti war marchers did not persuade. In putting their fears on parade they demonstrated little knowledge of the situation in Iraq. While many claimed to be opposed to Saddam, the objective of their march would keep him in power where he can continue to abuse the people of Iraq. They certainly made no case for the morality of their position. It is unlikely they can sustain their passion just on their fears of the US use of force. Tony Blair has certainly shown himself to be a leader who can be described as a profile in courage standing up to the anti war mob. While many thought he came to power as a Clinton clone, he has certainly outdistanced him in character and strategic vision.
Politics has a way of massaging the meaning out of some words. While any coalition that the US leads into Iraq will have more members than there are on the UN Security Counsel many liberal Democrats still refer to a fight without the UN blessing as "going it alone" or acting "unilaterally." Doing some massaging of my own I think the Dem definition should be spelled with two initial caps--UNilateral. That way no one would be confused into thinking they were tryiing to mislead the public into thinking that the Bush administration had no foreign support for their operation in Iraq. I think this type of massaging has been going on a while by the Dems. Back in the 90's when the rate of growth in spending did not meet their objectives the increase in spending was called a "cut." Fraudulant use of language will eventually lead to a credibility problem.
Anti War Show II
The anti war marchers did not persuade. In putting their fears on parade they demonstrated little knowledge of the situation in Iraq. While many claimed to be opposed to Saddam, the objective of their march would keep him in power where he can continue to abuse the people of Iraq. They certainly made no case for the morality of their position. It is unlikely they can sustain their passion just on their fears of the US use of force. Tony Blair has certainly shown himself to be a leader who can be described as a profile in courage standing up to the anti war mob. While many thought he came to power as a Clinton clone, he has certainly outdistanced him in character and strategic vision.
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