Will the UN bail out Bush?

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EG19Ak02.html

WASHINGTON - Make no mistake: US President George W Bush is in big trouble.

Whereas a week ago, Americans were talking about the dread "V" word - for Vietnam - this week the dreaded "W" word - for Watergate - was back in vogue, even as the "V" word was still in use. Watergate plus Vietnam is about the worst combination for a sitting president that anyone could possibly imagine.

And the almost daily announcement on the news that another US soldier has been killed in an attack in Iraq, bringing to 32, 33, 34, the number of troops killed since Bush declared an end to major hostilities in the war, recalls nothing so much as the daily reminders on the evening news 23 years ago that killed the presidency of Jimmy Carter: "Day 385 of the American hostage crisis in Iran."

Short of a miracle - such as the discovery of a cache of weapons of mass destruction in an Iraqi mountainside in circumstances that clearly indicate that it was under Saddam Hussein's control as of March 18, 2003, or the return of robust US economic growth that can quickly bring the unemployment rate down to five percent - there is probably only one way that Bush can save his presidency at this point. snip

As India - whose rejection of Bush's request for as many as 20,000 troops to act as mercenaries for US foreign policy struck a devastating blow to the imperial dreams of the Pentagon hawks - made clear this week, it, as well as other nations, would be willing to provide peacekeepers and other kinds of support to the Iraqi occupation only if the UN Security Council authorizes it.

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[nadinbrzezinski]

1. the price

will be very high for bush, politically and
otherwise.

Though the first step, and I am sure that will be
demanded, is that he fire certain people ...

We know the names, Wolfowitz, Bolton and Rumsfeld...
Maybe even Condy and Rummy....

Will he pay that price, or will our troops continue
to pay the price and yes, these men have destroyed
the army, career officers realize it... I wonder
if they are going to do a thing about it behind
close doors, such as demand that Rummy step down.

[Kellanved]

2. He *has* first successes at rebuilding International support

Mainly because Powell, not Rummy and Condi, managed the last few diplomatic meetings.



Germany to send aid to Iraq
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/07/18/germany.iraq.ap/

[Avalux]

3. NO

The UN has had it up to ^^^ with shrub. They're gloating and loving every minute of it.

[opihimoimoi]

4. Yup, the UN Members are saying privately""" CHOKE ON IT"""

"You, yeah, you, Bush, you wanted the war so bad you could taste it, told us to sit on it while you and the Brits went ahead. Now you need who??? Us??

Hello, think again Miner.