Comments on: Unilateralism, For Real This Time http://blog.psaonline.org/2006/05/02/unilateralism-for-real-this-time/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:45:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Brian Vogt http://blog.psaonline.org/2006/05/02/unilateralism-for-real-this-time/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Brian Vogt Wed, 03 May 2006 20:35:15 +0000 http://blog.psaonline.org/?p=22#comment-6 You write an interesting post. I guess the reason that we haven't been hearing much about multilateralism vis a vis an intervention in Iran is that we are still in the diplomacy stage. Though, with the saber rattling going on, I question whether or not we are following the correct diplomatic tact at this stage. I would find it hard to believe that even if Blair remains that he would be such a stalwart ally supporting Bush in Iran. I hope/believe that he has learned his lesson from Iraq. One of the things that you mention was the criticisms of Bush by many who said that he didn't build a coalition. For me this is a criticism that works for those who both didn't think that the war was right in the first place and also those who at the time felt that the war was right but that it wasn't handled in the correct manner. I count myself in the first group. I feel, however, that I can justify the lack of a coalition criticism, with the understanding that the ability to build a coalition should influence our decision whether or not to take military action. If we can't build the coalition, then perhaps we should seriously reexamine our decision to go in the first place. You write an interesting post. I guess the reason that we haven’t been hearing much about multilateralism vis a vis an intervention in Iran is that we are still in the diplomacy stage. Though, with the saber rattling going on, I question whether or not we are following the correct diplomatic tact at this stage. I would find it hard to believe that even if Blair remains that he would be such a stalwart ally supporting Bush in Iran. I hope/believe that he has learned his lesson from Iraq.

One of the things that you mention was the criticisms of Bush by many who said that he didn’t build a coalition. For me this is a criticism that works for those who both didn’t think that the war was right in the first place and also those who at the time felt that the war was right but that it wasn’t handled in the correct manner. I count myself in the first group. I feel, however, that I can justify the lack of a coalition criticism, with the understanding that the ability to build a coalition should influence our decision whether or not to take military action. If we can’t build the coalition, then perhaps we should seriously reexamine our decision to go in the first place.

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