America is bargaining:
The Bush administration is mounting a campaign of public pressure and private diplomatic and economic concessions to persuade France and other skeptical members of the United Nations Security Council to go along with a single resolution threatening military force against Iraq.
As the joke goes, we know what they are, now we’re just haggling over their price.
Seriously, if the guardians of all that is right and lawful can be bought, why is it that we need their approval? I would think that principled opposition is just that—a refusal to go along because it is wrong pure and simple. How our invasion becomes morally just and internationally sanctioned just because we pay the price that France, Russia, and China want is beyond me. We’ll just leave our payment on the night stand when we leave, ok?
On another topic, I’m glad that the New York Times at least stopped fronting for the Iraqis—they let the Iraqi ambassador to the UN make Saddam’s case directly. When our soon-to-be enemy gets precious space in a major paper, can opponents of war still say there is no debate?
