Commentary: The High Price of Bad Diplomacy -- from that "left wing" pub -- Business Week

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Richard Forno <rforno () infowarrior org>
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 20:46:43 -0500
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: FW: Commentary: The High Price of Bad Diplomacy

Dave -  a decent read on the wishy-washy foreign policy ventures we've
witnessed the past several months and what it means for the future.
Surprisingly good analysis from Business Week.

-rf


Commentary: The High Price of Bad Diplomacy

MARCH 24, 2003 
BEYOND THE WAR 
By Bruce Nussbaum 

Mismanaging the runup to war will do more than squander goodwill and damage
alliances 

The U.S. has already lost the prewar battle over Iraq, whatever the outcome
of a further U.N. vote. Even if it wins a fig-leaf majority vote in the
Security Council, America will be entering its first preemptive war faced
with opposition from nearly all of its allies and much of the rest of the
planet. A world that rallied to America's side in unprecedented
demonstrations of support after September 11 increasingly perceives the U.S.
itself as a great danger to peace. How did things come to this? The failure
of the Bush Administration to manage its diplomacy is staggering, and the
price paid, even if the war ends quickly, could be higher than anyone now
anticipates. 

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http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_12/b3825801.htm


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