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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A U.S. invasion of Iraq would destroy the United Nations, former CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite said.
While in town Friday to support his cousin, Kansas City, Mo., Mayor Kay Barnes, in her bid for re-election, Cronkite said a U.S. invasion would plunge this country into financial chaos. He agreed that Saddam Hussein is dangerous, but said American diplomacy has been poor.

"We have shown arrogance, almost an egotism, in our conduct of foreign policy so that we have alienated most of our former allies in the world," Cronkite said. "I think (it) is going to get us in very serious trouble."

The 86-year-old Cronkite, who was the anchor of the CBS Evening News from 1962-81, asked why American troops couldn't remain on Iraq's doorstep. They would be ready to respond instantly if Saddam showed evidence of atomic, biological or chemical weapons, he said.

Cronkite also warned that the cost of the war and its aftermath, coupled with Bush's proposed tax cuts, would leave a national debt "that our grandchildren's grandchildren will be paying for. That's a terrible legacy for any generation to leave."

Cronkite, a St. Joseph, Mo., native, began his career as a 9-year-old newsboy hawking The Kansas City Star and reached his pinnacle at the anchor desk for CBS, where for nearly two decades he earned the nickname, "the most trusted man in America."

Cronkite said the biggest problem he sees facing Kansas City, Mo., is the deterioration of its downtown, which he remembers for its vibrancy and its department stores.

"I'm so delighted and proud of what Kay has done in beginning to restore downtown and make it again the draw to tourists and commerce that it was many, many years ago," Cronkite said.

Barnes faces Stanford Glazer, a political newcomer and retired businessman best known as the founder of the Stanford and Sons comedy club, in the March 25 election.


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When is he going to die?..His statments are so politically bent to the left it is pathetic.

Itjust like when Bill Clinton ended homelesness in 1 day...During the Reagan & Bush years all you saw on cbs,nbc and abc was the plight of the homeless everynite on tv.
Clinton gets elected and you don't hear anything about them again for 8 years..amazing.

[This message was edited by Patriot on 03-16-03 at 12:24 PM.]
 
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Dude you are one twisted sick mo'fo ! To ask when someone will die because of a different view then yours just goes to show your retardedness !

You would have been great during the Hitler years !

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Too bad Cronkite isn't around today to talk about the damage the healthcare plan is going to do to our economy.

Oh wait...that standard would not apply anymore.
 

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Most trusted man in America, in my time. I liked my time better than I like your time.
 

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Most trusted man in America, in my time. I liked my time better than I like your time.

Me too. Way too many jackasses in charge.
 

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two alarming announcements in this thread

1) walter cronkite is still alive
2) punter is not
 

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