Saturday, March 01, 2003

Why Canada's compromise proposal on Iraq makes sense. However, the Bush administration seems about to embark on the opposite of diplomacy - not only failing to persuade the other members of the council, but spitting in their faces, flicking them the finger, and storming off the playing field. Maybe Bush is in the right on this point. The French and Russian arguments against enforcing Resolution 1441 have been disingenuous, to say the least. However, it's a very risky thing for the United States to say, "We are going to enforce the Security Council's resolution by going to war" when a majority of the Security Council disputes our interpretation. [MSNBC]   8:32:26 AM