Michael Rectenwald responds to a CLG visitor who declares that 1441 is "proof of diplomacy"

Michael Rectenwald's reply --March 16, 2003:

Diplomacy does not tell people how it's going to be regardless of the facts, and strong-arming, bribing, black-mailing and threatening other nations to simply adopt your irrational and substanceless position. Diplomacy involves negotiation, discussion, interchange and usually, reasoned and reasonable compromise. All your dictator did was try to bull-doze over the will of the world like he has bull-dozed over the will of the American people, beginning with the theft of the election, to this very day. The only difference is, Europeans aren't brainwashed dailly by the rightwing affiliated corporate media, as are 1/3 of the American people. Nor are they afraid of his use of rhetorical and political tactics, as are the cowardly Democrats in Congress. So, given this, it will require the enlightened amongst American citizens to oppose him here, while 90% of the world opposes him everywhere else.

By the way, people dismiss this administration, which lies endlessly attempting to fabricate a war out of balsa wood and duct tape, plagiarised ten-year-old dissertations, alleged "chemical and biological warfare plants" in N. Iraq that turn out to be bakeries, and "evidence" of nuclear weapons in fake documents made by an "unnamed" nation. Our readers know a thousand times more than you do.

Cheers,

Michael Rectenwald
Founder and Chair
Citizens for Legitimate Government

Letter CLG received --March 5, 2003:

Subject: 1441 is proof of diplomacy

When did diplomacy start toward disarming Saddam?

Resolution 1441 was but a small part.

How about the 18 U.N. resolutions since 1991?

What about Powell visiting the UN?

What about Bush 43 giving a speech before the UN on this subject?

You need to put this information on your website. You are mistaken that there as been no diplomacy.

Don't be so blinded by your ideology that you lose sight of the truth. People are not fools. When you say there has been no diplomacy, but yet they have seen Colin Powell at the UN, they will know you are ill-informed and will dismiss your website as garbage.

Letter unsigned
March 16, 2003

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