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US media calls on Bush to make way for UN, NGOs in Iraq
Washington, Apr 13: Leading US newspapers called on President George W. Bush today to involve the United Nations and non-profit groups in rebuilding Iraq and to limit the use of his doctrine of `pre-emptive strikes.`
Washington, Apr 13: Leading US newspapers called on President George W. Bush today to involve the United Nations and non-profit groups in rebuilding Iraq and to limit the use of his doctrine of "pre-emptive strikes."
"The explosion of looting in Baghdad and other Iraqi
cities at the end of last week ... vividly demonstrated a
truth that the Bush administration has been slow to accept:
that the United States cannot manage postwar Iraq on its
own," read an editorial in the Washington Post.
"US commanders should focus in the coming days on restoring order to Iraqi cities and ensuring the delivery of humanitarian supplies. President Bush could meanwhile consult the United Nations and other nations about postwar arrangements and offer a role to those prepared to cooperate," it went on.
"Good diplomacy in the coming weeks could relieve the United States of many risks and burdens it will otherwise have to bear in Iraq."
The New York Times warned Bush against any impulse to resort to force on other countries deemed threatening to the United states.
"He should not confuse the military achievement for a validation of his doctrine of pre-emptive strikes," the paper's editorial board wrote.
"We did not like the combative doctrine when it was formally unveiled last September because it seemed to walk away from America's historical inclination to work with other nations to preserve the peace and to rely on force only when its security was directly threatened," the Times said.
"US commanders should focus in the coming days on restoring order to Iraqi cities and ensuring the delivery of humanitarian supplies. President Bush could meanwhile consult the United Nations and other nations about postwar arrangements and offer a role to those prepared to cooperate," it went on.
"Good diplomacy in the coming weeks could relieve the United States of many risks and burdens it will otherwise have to bear in Iraq."
The New York Times warned Bush against any impulse to resort to force on other countries deemed threatening to the United states.
"He should not confuse the military achievement for a validation of his doctrine of pre-emptive strikes," the paper's editorial board wrote.
"We did not like the combative doctrine when it was formally unveiled last September because it seemed to walk away from America's historical inclination to work with other nations to preserve the peace and to rely on force only when its security was directly threatened," the Times said.
Bureau Report