Saturday, October 02, 2004

Maybe he wants fortune cookies at the summit

Remember when we said we'd do just one post about the 1st Bush-Kerry debate? We lied. Stung from the day-after coverage, Dubya seems to be ratcheting back up the France-bashing:

The president said Mr. Kerry "wants our national security decisions subject to the approval of a foreign government." As the invited crowd booed, Mr. Bush added: "Listen, I'll continue to work with our allies and the international community - but I will never submit America's national security to an international test. The use of troops to defend America must never be subject to a veto by countries like France."

Clear and resolute (and complete shite) -- no other countries should be involved in dealing with countries that threaten the US. So, like, if some crazy dude had nukes, we wouldn't let 3rd countries hold up how we deal with them? Or 4th, 5th, or 6th countries? Err...

[Debate] BUSH: ...we [USA] signed an agreement with North Korea that my administration found out that was not being honored by the North Koreans.
And so I decided that a better way to approach the issue was to get other nations involved, just besides us ... And so we began a new dialogue with North Korea, one that included not only the United States, but now China. And China's a got a lot of influence over North Korea, some ways more than we do.
As well, we included South Korea, Japan and Russia. So now there are five voices speaking to Kim Jong Il, not just one.
And so if Kim Jong Il decides again to not honor an agreement, he's not only doing injustice to America, he'd be doing injustice to China, as well.
And I think this will work. It's not going to work if we open up a dialogue with Kim Jong Il. He wants to unravel the six- party talks, or the five-nation coalition that's sending him a clear message.

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