De Villepin asks Bush: "How many deaths does it take...?"

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031113/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_coalition_jitters&cid=540&ncid=1480

U.S. Allies Rethinking Roles in Iraq

<snip>The attacks also emboldened countries to declare that they don't think the American postwar policies are working.

"Everyday, it is spiraling in Iraq with American, British, Polish, Spanish, Italian deaths," Dominique de Villepin told Europe-1 radio Thursday. "How many deaths does it take to understand that it is essential to change the approach?"

De Villepin added that France was prepared to help with the reconstruction of Iraq once sovereignty was awarded to a provisional Iraqi government.

"This is an extended hand that I hold out to our Americans friends, because what is at stake concerns us all. It is the security of the world we are concerned with."

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[OneBlueSky]

1. "How many deaths does it take til we know . . .

that too many people have died?" . . . and we all know where the answer to that lies . . .

[gratuitous]

2. I can guarantee that Bush's answer will not be

"Gee, I never thought of it that way."

[Spazito]

3. Well, the Bush cabal is looking at how many .....

but only in terms of the damage to his election campaign.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

4. a just question that bush needs to answer...thank you De Villepin