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Thread #67130   Message #1122931
Posted By: Strick
24-Feb-04 - 05:50 PM
Thread Name: BS: Kerry's War Record...
Subject: RE: BS: Kerry's War Record...
"Finally Bush discovered that he couldn't do a foreign policy without the UN. But look at the cost for his mistake."

BTW, does anyone remember that Bush was not the first president to take this option? Seems like it was NATO that went into Bosnia because the UN wouldn't do anything about it. Besides being a clear violation of the NATO charter (Bosnia neither being a NATO member nor having attacked one and Lord knows it didn't asked to be attacked), this was just a arbitrary decision by some former colonial powers who think they're entitled to tell other countries what to do. Pure international vigilantism. Imagine marginalizing the UN that way. Next thing you know and any alliance or coalition, even if they don't have the requisite former colonial powers, will think they can depose dictators in any country they want. What happens if we run out of dictators?

(Sorry, I couldn't resist.)