Foreign Policy
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The president's mind was made up long ago. Mr. Bush will
have his war.
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The White House said that Saddam Hussein made his "final
mistake" when he rejected an ultimatum ordering him to
leave Iraq or face war.
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The White House is expected to ask Congress for up to $90 billion to pay for a war with Iraq and other expenses within days of the start of combat, congressional and White House aides said Monday.
The bill would also include aid for Israel, a key U.S. ally in the region, and funds for anti-terrorism efforts at home, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Two officials said President Bush could send the measure to Capitol Hill as early as Friday.
It was initially unclear how much of the measure would be to finance fighting against Iraq, though one official said the figure assumed one month of combat.
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The plan is to rapidly find, secure and ultimately destroy
the caches of chemical, biological and other unconventional
weapons.
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The Bush team needs an "attitude lobotomy" ? it needs to
get off its high horse and start engaging people on the
World Street.
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It is time to stop pretending that Europeans and Americans share a common view of the world, or even that they occupy the same world. On the all-important question of power -- the efficacy of power, the morality of power, the desirability of power -- American and European perspectives are diverging. Europe is turning away from power, or to put it a little differently, it is moving beyond power into a self-contained world of laws and rules and transnational negotiation and cooperation. It is entering a post-historical paradise of peace and relative prosperity, the realization of Kant's "Perpetual Peace". The United States, meanwhile, remains mired in history, exercising power in the anarchic Hobbesian world where international laws and rules are unreliable and where true security and the defense and promotion of a liberal order still depend on the possession and use of military might.
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The Chinese leadership, which expects Washington to take on Pyongyang by the summer, is adopting multi-pronged measures to defuse the North Korea crisis.
Yet the new foreign policy team headed by President Hu Jintao is aware Beijing faces an uphill battle to prevent a potential diplomatic -- and military -- disaster at China's doorsteps.
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WAR WITH IRAQ BEGINS
FOX News Channel has pictures of anti-air gunfire over Baghdad, and Ari Fleischer has announced that the war has begun. The President will be speaking to the nation in 15 minutes from now (at 10pm EST).
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First strikes against "Iraqi leaders"
According to FOX news, the first strikes of the war were targeting Iraqi leadership.
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Artillery fire echoed through the Iraqi border region tonight and Iran's state television showed video of explosions from airstrikes in and around the Iraqi port of Basra, as the United States and Britain made final preparations to wage a war intended to topple Saddam Hussein's government in Baghdad.
Following President Bush's 48-hour ultimatum to Mr. Hussein, United States Army and Marine divisions rolled toward the Iraqi frontier today. They formed a broad arc of thousands of vehicles, shoulder to shoulder in a sprawling phalanx facing north and visible to journalists scouting the area.
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The White House said on Monday that Russian companies were supplying Iraq with
sophisticated military equipment for use against the U.S.
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American forces struck Baghdad after American officials
received fresh intelligence that suggested a gathering of
senior Iraqi leaders.
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The U.S. and Britain made final preparations to wage a war
aimed at toppling Saddam Hussein's government in Baghdad.
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As the world's most important daily newspaper, the New York Times is disproportionately influential in framing the public and diplomatic discourse on many issues, both in the U.S. and beyond. This is particularly true with regard to the Middle East, given how much space it allocates to the subject. One of the great myths of modern journalism, particularly outside the U.S., is that the New York Times is "pro-Israel." In fact, it would be truer to say that the opposite is the case.
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President Bush and allied leaders agreed on one final attempt to win world backing Monday for the swift disarmament of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. "Tomorrow is a moment of truth for the world," the president said at a Sunday summit with allies.
"Now we make a final appeal to make a strong, unified message on behalf of the international community," said British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who met with Bush and the leaders of Spain and Portugal in the Atlantic island summit.
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"The UN is neither wise nor neutral. All of the member nations
have national interests that don't simply disappear when their
representatives enter the UN general assembly hall. Like any
government or quasi-government body, the UN is rife with
corruption and backroom deals. Worst of all, it serves as a
forum for rampant anti-Americanism. Perhaps the time has
finally come when more Americans will choose to rethink our
participation."
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I have long warned that the peace movement is not about peace, that it is a fifth column communist movement to destroy America and give victory to our totalitarian enemies. Now this Fifth Column is preparing to move into action to attempt to defeat America in its war against Saddam.
This guy is a little over-the-top, but he has some damn good points regarding disruptive protest activity. While I can't agree with him that sedition laws are a good idea, anyone invading a military base in time of war deserves deadly force in response. |
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It's easy to vilify George W. Bush as a cynical warmonger, anxious to attack Iraq to repay the oil companies that funded his election campaigns. But to do so is to make a dangerous and fundamental error, and such a myopic view of the Bush administration's policies puts America's future at risk.
The reality is that the current administration has a clear and specific vision for the future of America and the world, and they believe it's a positive vision. In order to put forward an alternative vision, it's essential to first understand the vision of America held by the New Right.
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France has announced it could assist any US-led military coalition if Iraq uses chemical and biological weapons.
The turnaround comes after strong French opposition to a war in Iraq, including threats to veto a UN Security Council resolution paving the way for armed conflict.
French ambassador Jean-David Levitte said: "If Saddam Hussein were to use chemical and biological weapons, this would change the situation completely and immediately for the French government."
Could they get any MORE hypocritical? |
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The president said the Iraqi leader and his two sons must
leave the country and warned diplomats, aid workers and
journalists in Iraq to get out of harm's way immediately.
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In an age of unseen enemies, the president said, waiting
for America's foes to attack "is suicide."
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One of the first major objectives in the war against Iraq
will be to seize Basra and secure its port facilities.
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This war crowns a period of terrible diplomatic failure,
Washington's worst in at least a generation.
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Victory in Iraq won't end the world's distrust of the
United States, because the Bush administration has made it
clear that it doesn't play by the rules.
While I can't readily disagree with the basic premise, it's clear to me that the "distrust" is primarily from France and Germany, and existed well before this particular issue provided a focal point. |
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