For one thing, the Bush Administration should interpose the strongest possible objections to putatively allied governments in London and The Hague that export guarantees and insuranceunderwrite such an investment. for this deal would seriously complicate bilateral and trilateral relations.

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If, on the other hand, Congress were permitted at the outset to interpose its objections to such ill-advised uses of the U.S. military, American negotiators and their foreign interlocutors would be able -- indeed, would be obliged -- to devise alternative arrangements.

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For their part, Russia and China whose patronage and technical assistance makes all these "clients" the rogue states they are will be encouraged to redouble their support, and to interpose all the more forcefully objections to U.S. efforts to change the regimes with whom they do business.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Dangerous mixed signals on the ��Axis of Evil��

For their part, Russia and China -- whose patronage and technical assistance makes all these "clients" the rogue states they are -- will be encouraged to redouble their support, and to interpose all the more forcefully objections to U.S. efforts to change the regimes with whom they do business.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Dangerous mixed signals on the 'Axis of Evil'