Re: Covering ones ass twice over

[ravi <gadfly@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

k hanly wrote:
> Seems that not only is the US justified in excluding those not part of the
> coalition of the willing for security reasons and thus consistent with WTO
> rules but also CPA is not subject to rules in first place..
>     The sheer idiocy of US policy is hard to fathom. Just as Baker is out
> begging Germany, France and Russia to forgive Iraq debt it is announced that
> they are excluded from these contracts.
>

could this be another karl rove strategy? it seems that a majority among
the voting population here at home (USA) might be liberal on some fronts
(affirmative action or pro-choice perhaps?) but united in being
suspicious if not hateful of/towards the rest of the world. by
presenting the issue as "US taxpayer money should come back to US
companies, not to those foreigners who snubbed us in the first place.
its american soldies who are dying. etc", bush can once again rally the
masses behind him, once again diverting attention from the real issues.

        --ravi