Transatlantic Battle Over the New World Order

Transatlantic ties have frayed as pundits and politicians have hurled invectives and insults across the ocean over France and Germany's opposition in both NATO and the UN Security Council to the Bush administration's war plans in Iraq. What makes this high-stakes drama so confusing to the public is the Bush administration's red herring – Iraq. This row is not about Iraq, it's about the new world order.
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Richard Dawkins: Why should we in Britain help Bush to get re-elected?
I am vigorously pro-American, which is one reason why I am anti-Bush. They deserve better

Harkin: I was fooled on Bush Iraq plans

Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa said Thursday that if Congress were voting now on its resolution authorizing the president to take military action against Iraq, he would oppose it.

"I'm not going to be fooled twice," said Harkin, who backed President Bush on the resolution last year.

Harkin said he did so because the language required the administration to seek diplomatic solutions to the standoff with Iraq and to make full reports to Congress on the progress of diplomacy.

Instead, "In my adult life, with the exception of Vietnam, this has been the biggest failure of diplomacy we've had," said Harkin.
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VIETNAM 2 PREFLIGHT CHECK

1. Cabal of oldsters who won’t listen to outside advice? Check.

2. No understanding of ethnicities of the many locals? Check.

3. Imposing country boundaries drawn in Europe, not by the locals? Check.

4. Unshakeable faith in our superior technology? Check.

5. France secretly hoping we fall on our asses? Check.

6. Russia secretly hoping we fall on our asses? Check.

7. China secretly hoping we fall on our asses? Check.
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Voice of the dark corners
by Fidel Castro

These are hard times we are living in. In recent months, we have more than once heard chilling words and statements. In his speech to West Point graduating cadets on June 1 2002, the United States president declared: "Our security will require transforming the military you will lead, a military that must be ready to strike at a moment's notice in any dark corner of the world."
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Playing Texas poker, Bush bets all on Iraq
by Robert Novak

A senior Bush official privately admits what his administration cannot declare publicly. The stagnant economy, a dagger aimed at the heart of George W. Bush's second term, will not immediately respond to the president's economic growth program. The economic engine will not be revived until the war against Saddam Hussein is launched and won.
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Russian Expert Predicts 500,000 Iraqi Dead in War Designed To Test Weapons

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