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On 25 Sep 2002 20:13:51 +0200, Anonymous-Remailer@See.Comment.Header
(Buck Turgidson) wrote:

>Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has given a stark warning to
>Washington: If Iraq attacks Israel, the Jewish state will respond in a
>devastating manner. 
>
>NewsMax has also learned from Washington sources that Israel has candidly
>told the Bush administration, and through back channels the Iraqis, that if
>mass destruction weapons are used against Israel, Iraq can expect a
>devastating nuclear response. 
>
>The Israeli position has Washington on edge. Earlier this week, Secretary
>Rumsfeld made a public plea for the Israelis not to retaliate if attacked.
>But the Israelis find non-response unacceptable. 

This administration has among its many diplomatic deficiencies a
complete lack of grasp when it comes to inter-relationships in
fopreign policies.  Thir second biggest error is believing any
glitches that do arise, can be dealt with by the simple expediency of
futore dollars appearing sendipitously in the countries coffers once
the issue at hand is resolved.

The whitehouse seems incapable of differentiating 'life' threatening
issues to countries versus simple annoyance.  Isreal, several reasons,
some it brought on itself, has in the intervening years since the Gulf
War benn positioned in a seemingly 'final struggle' position.  To fail
in devatating response to attack this time is almost assuredly a hand
delivered plea to the arab world to come and administer the coup
d'gras.

Yet another indicator of this administrations failed foreign policies
is its complete failure to forsee that this Ireali response would not
only be certain, but that Saddam Hussein will leverage it to the hilt.
By continuing to make subtle 'rattling' noise towards Isreal he is
daring Washington to start a nuclear war.  A war that without
detractors would widen to at least a regional conflict in which Europe
to would be drawn. 

Yes, all in all, this administration should be commended for achieving
the least competent foreign policy probably in the last two centuries.
There were some who still try to explain away the incredible mess they
made of the Isreal-Palistinian issue last year.  Powell would say one
thing, Someone else another, then an 'official' version usually
contradicting both would be issued, followed by a later one that
revised that one.  It was no fluke, they do not know what is going on,
plain and simple.  You cannot have three presidents and have a
consistent foreign policy.

Monte






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