Posted by Rob "While eastern European leaders welcomed the chance to join Europe in the declaration, they reacted defiantly to Chirac's outburst, reminiscent to some of the former Soviet Union's overbearing manner toward its satellites." V/R
on 2/18/2003, 9:51 pm, in reply to "One thing I think Bush has done wrong..."
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Never been a polition but from the military point of view one thing he has to wait for is the military build up. With ports and airfields off limits in the Kingdom buiding up of heavy forces takes even longer. Prepo stuff already in Kuwait is enough for to defend the pennisula but not enought for invasion. So on the time thing he has no choice and its not like you can hide a deployment of this size. Rememeber how long the Desert Shield/Storm build up was and that was with cold war resources available. Is it a bluff? I doubt it. So doing it right takes time, although most of the pieces are now in place. But what about the French what are they thinking not its opposition to the US but the way it is treating the other EU mmembers and future members.
From AP
"a tirade by French President Jacques Chirac against future EU members demonstrated the limits of the declaration in achieving a united front.
It is not really responsible behavior,'' Chirac told reporters Monday just after the EU issued its declaration on Iraq. ``It is not well brought-up behavior. They missed a good opportunity to keep quiet.''
Rob
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