1) This Bush-Cheney administration has significantly redesigned American foreign policy by launching this war in what is essentially a "pre-emptive strike." Do you think this policy of pre-emptive strikes is sound, and what do you foresee as its consequences with respect to U.S. foreign policy?
2) The Charter of the United Nations, Chapter 1, articles 3 & 4, states that member nations should refrain from acts of aggression against sovereign nations. This would seem to preclude a policy of pre-emptive strikes. In your opinion, is the United Nations obsolete?
3) How do you account for the fact that so many of the United States' traditional allies have refused to lend their support -- even their political support -- to the coalition efforts against Iraq?
4) There's been a lot of talk about Weapons of Mass Destruction and their potential dangers to the U.S. populace. Why is it that Iraq's immediate neighbors, who don't have the security of our military strength and the protection of two oceans, are not sufficiently concerned to support our war effort?
5) What do you say to the families of soldiers who are killed by "friendly fire"? Do you have any thoughts on why "friendly fire" has taken so many lives in both Gulf War conflicts?
6) The international protests against this war have been enormous. Why do you suppose this war is so unpopular internationally?
(He will undoubtedly evade this question the first time you ask it. So...)
6a) But why is this war so unpopular? What drives so many people, all over the world, out into the streets to protest against this war?
7) How do you account for the failure, thus far, of the military to meet pre-war expectations?
