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Skriven 2004-10-04 14:21:40 av Alan Hess
     Kommentar till en text av Ross Cassell
Ärende: Stoopid Kerry
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Whilst masticating on <Oct 04 04>, Ross Cassell (1:123/456)
wrote to All:

RC> Panama: Druggie Noriega

Didn't we support him before we changed our mind?

RC> Read, we need world permission to defend ourselves..

RC> Britain didnt need permission for the Falklands action!

British people were at risk.  That was also considered British land by the
British (of course, that's the same rationale Saddam used to invade Kuwait.)

Japan didn't need world permission for Pearl Harbor, which they considered a
defensive preemptive move.  

RC> KERRY: I mean, we can remember when President Kennedy in the 
RC> Cuban missile crisis sent his secretary of state to Paris to meet 
RC> with DeGaulle. And in the middle of the discussion, to tell them 
RC> about the missiles in Cuba, he said, "Here, let me show you the 
RC> photos." And DeGaulle waved them off and said, "No, no, no, no. 
RC> The word of the president of the United States is good enough for me."

RC> [My Comments]

RC> Kennedy didnt have to do this, the Soviets had missiles on Cuba, 
RC> not Corsica.

RC> [end]

And, thanks to Bush, world leaders no longer trust our word as they did
Kennedy's.

RC> How many leaders in the world today would respond to us, as a 
RC> result of what we've done, in that way? So what is at test here 
RC> is the credibility of the United States of America and how we 
RC> lead the world. And Iran and Iraq are now more dangerous -- Iran 
RC> and North Korea are now more dangerous.

And we've pissed away our credibility.

RC> [My comments]

RC> Uh, North Korea violated a treaty or agreement brokered by 
RC> Clinton, Iran is thumbing its nose at the International Atomic 
RC> Agency and the UN, yet lets blame Bush.

RC> Lets blame North Korea and Iran for their own fuckups..

RC> [end]

They're at fault for their fuckups, we're at fault for ours.  

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