- Glenn Reynolds lays out the complete collapse of John Kerry's foreign policy case, and the reason for that collapse.
- For those who don't have time to read 1000+ pages of the Duelfer report, Pearly Gates takes some time out of blogging baseball to provide a useful summary of relevant points pertinent to the debate on U.S. foreign policy.
- Turns out Saddam bribed politicians around world to secure an early lifting of sanctions, according to Robin Gedye, Foreign Affairs Writer of the Telegraph. Likewise, according to The Scotsman, Hussein paid off Russia, France and China (three of the five UN Security Council members with the power to veto war) to keep the United States at bay:Tariq Aziz, the former Iraqi deputy prime minister, told the ISG that the "primary motive for French co-operation" was to secure lucrative oil deals when UN sanctions were lifted. Total, the French oil giant, had been promised exploration rights.
Iraqi intelligence officials then "targeted a number of French individuals that Iraq thought had a close relationship to French President Chirac," it said, including two of his "counsellors" and spokesman for his re-election campaign.
They even assessed the chances for "supporting one of the candidates in an upcoming French presidential election." Chirac is not mentioned by name.
These are the countries John Kerry wants to appeal to for a "global test" concerning the U.S.' credibility to protect itself by preemptive measures?
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