not sure I agree. Nor do I think that France and Germany are going to send in troops *as* Kerry is sworn in. They may be willing to pick up the phone when he calls though. In which case he is yes, getting the benefit of not being Bush, but still has work to do.
Dana On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 07:47:08 -0500, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Exactly my point James. The argument is also too simplistic when referring > to the hostage release following Reagan's inaugaration in 1981. > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "James Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 7:41 AM > >Subject: RE: electoral college > > > > > That would depend on the circumstances. In a simplistic world then no you > > couldn't but the real world is a bit more complex. Imagine the following > > situation.... > > > > The French and Germans consider GW's policy towards Iraq to be self > > defeating and therefore are unwilling to commit troops to perpetual > > occupation of Iraq. The French and Germans also consider Kerry's position > > on Iraq to be much more workable and in line with finding a quick and > > workable solution to the problem meaning troops would only be committed > for > > 12 months. In this situation then yes, you could credit Kerry for the > extra > > International support even if he has only been in power for a couple of > > hours. > > > > -- > > Jay > > > <snip> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=11 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:132839 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
