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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