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Bush Sr warning over unilateral action
by crankymessiah at 9:24 am EST, Mar 11, 2003 |
] THE first President Bush has told his son that hopes of
] peace in the Middle East would be ruined if a war with
] Iraq were not backed by international unity.
]
] Drawing on his own experiences before and after the 1991
] Gulf War, Mr Bush Sr said that the brief flowering of
] hope for Arab-Israeli relations a decade ago would never
] have happened if America had ignored the will of the
] United Nations.
]
] He also urged the President to resist his tendency to
] bear grudges, advising his son to bridge the rift between
] the United States, France and Germany.
]
] %u201CYou%u2019ve got to reach out to the other person.
] You%u2019ve got to convince them that long-term
] friendship should trump short-term adversity,%u201D he
] said. |
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Text of Bush talk, RE: Bush Sr warning over unilateral action
by Decius at 10:44 pm EST, Mar 12, 2003 |
crankymessiah wrote:
] ] THE first President Bush has told his son that hopes of
] ] peace in the Middle East would be ruined if a war with
] ] Iraq were not backed by international unity. I think these articles are taking Bush Senior out of context. The text of his talk is linked here. Way I read it, he is actually saying that International differences that exist over this issue are likely to be easy to heal later on. Basically the opposite of the conclusion here. He is saying its ok to go forward without international unity. However, I've been really busy and I didn't spend much time with it. Take a look and make up your own mind. Text of Bush talk, RE: Bush Sr warning over unilateral action |
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Bush Sr warning over unilateral action
by Rattle at 1:20 pm EST, Mar 11, 2003 |
] THE first President Bush has told his son that hopes of
] peace in the Middle East would be ruined if a war with
] Iraq were not backed by international unity.
]
] Drawing on his own experiences before and after the 1991
] Gulf War, Mr Bush Sr said that the brief flowering of
] hope for Arab-Israeli relations a decade ago would never
] have happened if America had ignored the will of the
] United Nations.
]
] He also urged the President to resist his tendency to
] bear grudges, advising his son to bridge the rift between
] the United States, France and Germany.
]
] "You've got to reach out to the other person.
] You've got to convince them that long-term
] friendship should trump short-term adversity," he
] said. |
Bush Sr warning over unilateral action
by digitalreporter at 6:23 pm EST, Mar 11, 2003 |
] THE first President Bush has told his son that hopes of
] peace in the Middle East would be ruined if a war with
] Iraq were not backed by international unity.
]
] Drawing on his own experiences before and after the 1991
] Gulf War, Mr Bush Sr said that the brief flowering of
] hope for Arab-Israeli relations a decade ago would never
] have happened if America had ignored the will of the
] United Nations.
]
] He also urged the President to resist his tendency to
] bear grudges, advising his son to bridge the rift between
] the United States, France and Germany.
]
] %u201CYou%u2019ve got to reach out to the other person.
] You%u2019ve got to convince them that long-term
] friendship should trump short-term adversity,%u201D he
] said.
]
] The former President%u2019s comments reflect unease among
] the Bush family and its entourage at the way that George
] W. Bush is ignoring international opinion and overriding
] the institutions that his father sought to uphold. Mr
] Bush Sr is a former US Ambassador to the UN and comes
] from a family steeped in multi-lateralist traditions. |
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