Dean says UN needs greater role in reconstruction

[Fleshdancer]

DES MOINES, IA- Dean issued the following statement in response to President Bush’s decision not to pursue the effort to give the United Nations a greater role in rebuilding Iraq:

"I am deeply disappointed by the Bush Administration's refusal to seek a role for the UN and the assistance of our traditional allies in the rebuilding of post-war Iraq. With this short-sighted policy, the administration is putting ideology ahead of the best interests of the United States.

"For several months, I have called on the Administration to seek the assistance and cooperation of the United Nations and the international community.

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[Larkspur]

1. Go Dean!

And not only is Bush not going to the UN, but he's cutting our troops' pay. Wanta talk about a morale depresser! Guess, Bush has gotta fatten up his fat cat buddies even more.

[Demobrat]

2. So, no help from the UN.

And no hazardous duty pay. In other words, tough luck, you're stuck there and by the way we're cutting your pay $200 mo. Bushco asks a lot from their soldiers, don't they?

[Fleshdancer]

3. Gotta love the maturity of this administration

Foolish pride and arrogance gets in the way of foreign policy. Our soldiers and their families pay the ultimate price. I'm afraid to ask if this can get any worse. x(

[stickdog]

6. Foolish pride, arrogance and the unilateral control of Iraqi oil (NT)

[nolabels]

4. The wider story is Howard is playing into * 's weakness

I am taking it as a good bet that this will make pay dirt for all concerned of hubris and arrogance of * and posse. They might be able to turn off the news of what’s going on over here, but that does not stop it from happening or make all the rest of world stop looking at it.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/14/international/worldspecial/14DIPL.html?ex=1061825257&ei=1&en=893857e456c68f55

U.S. Abandons Idea of Bigger U.N. Role in Iraq Occupation
By STEVEN R. WEISMAN with FELICITY BARRINGER


WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 —

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Administration officials said that in spite of the difficult security situation in Iraq, there was a consensus in the administration that it would be better to work with these countries than to involve the United Nations or countries that opposed the war and are now eager to exercise influence in a postwar Iraq.

"The administration is not willing to confront going to the Security Council and saying, 'We really need to make Iraq an international operation,' " said an administration official. "You can make a case that it would be better to do that, but right now the situation in Iraq is not that dire."

The administration's position could complicate its hopes of bringing a large number of American troops home in short order. The length of the American occupation depends on how quickly the country can be stabilized and the attacks and uprisings brought under control.

The thinking on broadening international forces was disclosed today as the United States moved on a separate front at the Security Council to get a resolution passed this week that would welcome the establishment of the 25-member Governing Council set up by the United States and Britain in Iraq.
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[realFedUp]

5. Yeah!

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