NEW YORK (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards is proposing an international organization to fight terrorism through share
d intelligence - cooperation that he says will combat the dangers facing the United States where President Bush has failed.
"We need a counterterrorism policy that will actually counter terrorism," Edwards said in remarks prepared for delivery at Pace University.
The 2004 vice presidential nominee was delivering his speech four days before the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, not far from Ground Zero. The speech also comes in chief primary rival Hillary Rodham Clinton's home district, and he made a point of challenging he notion that post-9/11 reforms have made the nation safer.
"Today,
terrorism is worse in Iraq, and it's worse around the world," Edwards said in excerpts provided by his campaign. Edwards said the centerpiece of his terrorism policy will be a new multilateral organization called the Counterterrorism and Intelligence Treaty Organization. He said it will be designed to coordinate operations like the recent arrest of three suspected terrorists in Germany who were suspected of plans to bomb airports and other institutions in the country.
"Those nations who join will, by working together, show the world the power of cooperation," Edwards said. "Those nations who join will also be required to commit to tough criteria about the steps they will take to root out extremists, particularly those who cross borders. Those nations who refuse to join will be called out before the world."
d intelligence - cooperation that he says will combat the dangers facing the United States where President Bush has failed."We need a counterterrorism policy that will actually counter terrorism," Edwards said in remarks prepared for delivery at Pace University.
The 2004 vice presidential nominee was delivering his speech four days before the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, not far from Ground Zero. The speech also comes in chief primary rival Hillary Rodham Clinton's home district, and he made a point of challenging he notion that post-9/11 reforms have made the nation safer.
"Today,
terrorism is worse in Iraq, and it's worse around the world," Edwards said in excerpts provided by his campaign. Edwards said the centerpiece of his terrorism policy will be a new multilateral organization called the Counterterrorism and Intelligence Treaty Organization. He said it will be designed to coordinate operations like the recent arrest of three suspected terrorists in Germany who were suspected of plans to bomb airports and other institutions in the country."Those nations who join will, by working together, show the world the power of cooperation," Edwards said. "Those nations who join will also be required to commit to tough criteria about the steps they will take to root out extremists, particularly those who cross borders. Those nations who refuse to join will be called out before the world."
I guess a guy who pays $400 for haircuts, and primps it for t
en minutes before stepping in front of a camera wouldn't have time to realize that the U.S. is currently paying dues of almost a Half Billion Dollar$ to the United Nations - almost a quarter of it's total annual budget. The other 191 nations contribute the rest. (Not to mention providing them with their clubhouse) While under the hair dryer he might take a glance at the Preamble to the Charter of this august body; http://www.un.org/aboutun/charter/
en minutes before stepping in front of a camera wouldn't have time to realize that the U.S. is currently paying dues of almost a Half Billion Dollar$ to the United Nations - almost a quarter of it's total annual budget. The other 191 nations contribute the rest. (Not to mention providing them with their clubhouse) While under the hair dryer he might take a glance at the Preamble to the Charter of this august body; http://www.un.org/aboutun/charter/ Note in particular the line regarding peace and security in the world! Wouldn't it be nice to have a candidate stand up and promise to do everything possible to make the existing United Nations live up to it's charter or get the hell out of town!!
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