Reply #18: Not a fan - but heard him with Davis today [View All]

[salin]

and within an hour of Ws UN speech he was respectfully (as is his style) critical - that the tone used was not the tone needed... he validated that he believed the war was the right thing to do (consistency points)... but that the recent bombings by terrorists of embassies and the UN shows the world that we all need to work together to go in there, and stop/prevent the terrorism. He stated that this was not a US job and that Bush was not approaching things in the way that would get the international support needed.

This approach - "for the good of the world" (not in terms of WMDs but in terms of stability and security) that the world needed to be involved - and he pitched the need for Iraqi democracy - all these together so that the US could more quickly bring its servicemen/women home) - had I been a supporter of the war effort, would have resonated strongly.

He was very quick to speak against how Bush handled the UN today.