So, the U.S. is having trouble getting Turkey to promise not to attack the Kurds in Iraq? Hmmm. ... Why is it, do you think, that we have absolutely no credibility as advocates for peace? Why is it that our arguments for restraint at a time of crisis fall on deaf ears? Perhaps it is because the Bush administration has not shown restraint when needed, has not served as an example of how diplomatic solutions can work.
In the buildup to the current Iraq war, much was made of the potential existence of weapons of mass destruction, and yet the Bush administration would not wait for the U.N. inspectors to issue their report on whether such weapons were likely to exist. When the U.S. invaded, Hans Blix suddenly became the most irrelevant person on the planet and any pretext that the U.S could be a serious broker for peace disappeared.
We showed no restraint in 2003. How can we ask that of others in 2007?
How can we help others seek peace when our leaders have been so eager to wage war?
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