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"Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure."
Sunday, September 21, 2003
Washington moves again to isolate France
Steven R. Weisman/NYT The New York Times
Friday, September 19, 2003
WASHINGTON The Bush administration, incensed by France's demands for greater United Nations oversight in Iraq, is working to isolate France and win a majority at the UN Security Council for the American approach, according to administration officials.
In effect, administration officials say, the policy now is to enlist the Germans in negotiating a possible compromise resolution and to offer Russia a chance to take part in Iraq's reconstruction - as well as get a share of the lucrative contracts to be offered. Powell has repeatedly praised Russia and Germany for trying to work out a compromise.
A diplomat familiar with administration thinking summarized the American policy as: "Talk to the Germans, buy off the Russians and isolate the French." Another was less polite, saying that Condoleezza Rice, the White House national security adviser, had characterized the approach as "ignore, reward and punish."
Steven R. Weisman/NYT The New York Times
Friday, September 19, 2003
WASHINGTON The Bush administration, incensed by France's demands for greater United Nations oversight in Iraq, is working to isolate France and win a majority at the UN Security Council for the American approach, according to administration officials.
In effect, administration officials say, the policy now is to enlist the Germans in negotiating a possible compromise resolution and to offer Russia a chance to take part in Iraq's reconstruction - as well as get a share of the lucrative contracts to be offered. Powell has repeatedly praised Russia and Germany for trying to work out a compromise.
A diplomat familiar with administration thinking summarized the American policy as: "Talk to the Germans, buy off the Russians and isolate the French." Another was less polite, saying that Condoleezza Rice, the White House national security adviser, had characterized the approach as "ignore, reward and punish."
