What is a calming predicate? Is Justin freelancing for the New York Times ;) ? I guess calling US allies a mighty coalition of civilized nations is meant to calm them down, or sedate them perhaps, so that they dont get upset when the US attacks Iraq or they are asked to contribute to just cause, enduring freedom, etc. or whatever calming description is the phrase of the day.
Cheers, Ken Hanly Mr. Bush's remarks, delivered on a brilliant but cold morning with the Washington diplomatic corps in attendance and the flags of 179 nations behind him, seemed an attempt to reassure nations unsettled by the unilateralist tone of his State of the Union Address on Jan. 29. Today the president reached out to the same allies he had not even mentioned in the earlier speech, praising them as a "mighty coalition of civilized nations" in what appeared to be a calming predicate for action against Iraq.
