On Sunday, the conventional wisdom said fear of war was driving the stack market down. On Monday, after the President's speech, the Stock market climbed over 200 points, and increased those gains today.
On Sunday, Britain's Prime minister, Tony Blair, was fighting for his political life. Today, after the President's speech, Parliament voted against oppsing the war, and for removing Hussein from power "by any means necessary."
On Sunday, we had no hopes of using Turkey to launch an attack. Today, after the President's speech, the Turkish Parliament is voting this week to allow US war planes to use Turkish airspace and will reconsider whether to allow US troops to move through Turkey.
On Sunday, the French would not support military intervention, no matter what. Today, after the President's speech, France has offered to allow the US to use french airspace, and has volunteered to help in the event Iraq uses chemical or biological weapons.
Yep, President Bush sucks at diplomacy....
Posted by Rich at March 18, 2003 10:30 PM | TrackBack