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NicoleC BS: JFK may have saved the world? (61* d) RE: BS: JFK may have saved the world? 31 Dec 03


Well, Doug, here's the way the score stands on Bush --

WMD destroyed in Afghanistan by force: 0.
American casualties: 51, with troops still in harms way
Afghani casualties: probably about 3,000 - 3,400, may be as high as 7,000.

WMD found in Iraq by force: 0.
American casualties: 507 and rising.
Iraqi casualties: somewhere around 10,000 and rising.

WMD destroyed after months of negotations with the "rogue" state of Libya: final count pending
American casualties: 0
Libyan casualties: 0

The negotiations with Libya should be a major coup for the Bush administration; it's a fine piece of work. Too bad he didn't bother to try that approach elsewhere; the blood on his hands isn't getting washed off by this one significant achievement. The reporting in the media has been, well, dull. Nobody is getting blow up, so it really isn't getting much press despite it's importance.

If you haven't seen the current issue of Army Times, I highly suggest it. The perspective is... poignant and concise and apolitical.

The team of diplomats and negotiators involved in Libya should be applauded, rewarded and drafted to go to work with other countries whether they like it or not! :)


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