IP: Building coalitions against terrorism

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: "Abhijit Joshi" <abhijit_j () hotmail com>
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> Subject: Building coalitions against terrorism
> Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 17:42:23
> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Oct 2001 17:42:23.0615 (UTC) 
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>
> Interesting article in Washington Post.
>
> <quote>
>
> Napoleon warned that nothing lasts as long as the temporary. The first 
> risk of building a broad strategic coalition is that the construction 
> becomes an end in itself -- that photos of parades of foreign ministers 
> shaking hands and expressing sympathy get defined as success and overtake 
> effective action as the ultimate goal.
>
> That is a temptation President Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell 
> should resist without great trouble. Less obvious but equally dangerous 
> are the future risks involved in reaching out too broadly now -- the 
> long-term peril of recruiting and rewarding nations that do not share U.S. 
> values and interests. Some countries sign up primarily to stall and limit 
> U.S. action, not to facilitate it.
>
> <snip>
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61531-2001Oct3.html



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