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U.S. Ambassador Bolts Debate on Iraq War
Today at the future League of Nations...The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations walked out of a debate on the Iraqi war Thursday after Iraq 's ambassador accused the United States of trying to exterminate the Iraqi people. Yes! So long , folks. It's been great. I'm outta here. "I did sit through quite a long part of what he had to say but I'd heard enough," U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte said. Iraq's U.N. envoy Mohammed Al-Douri charged that the United States had arranged for contracts to rebuild Iraq in 1997, six years before the U.S.-led war began last week. Wouldn't that be when a certain Mr. Clinton was president? So you know that's gotta be bullshit. Negroponte got up and walked out as Al-Douri continued speaking, accusing the United States of a military campaign to wipe out the Iraqi people. "I don't accept any of the allegations," Negroponte said. Al-Douri said the United States had even planned the carving up of Iraq before Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990.Almost spluttering, he said the United States now was using the issue of humanitarian aid to hide its "criminal aggression." So I guess we're winning. Doesn't sound like they think it's a quagmire. The Iraqi envoy urged the Security Council to halt the war in Iraq, saying ending the conflict was even more important than getting humanitarian assistance into the region. ...and because we're getting our asses kicked. Al-Douri was the last of more than 80 speakers at the first open Security Council debate on Iraq since the war began last week. About a dozen countries that are not on the council supported the U.S. position, but the vast majority opposed the war and expressed regret that Iraq's disarmament could not be achieved peacefully. 80 speakers. At the UN? That's probably why he left. Talk about cruel and inhumane... "Britain and the United States are about to start a real war of extermination that will kill everything and destroy everything," Al-Douri warned. "And then their regret will be of no use.If the humanitarian issue is very important, it is more important" to halt the war, he said. Sounds like Mo's worried about swing at the end of a rope soon, right next to Sammy and the boys. Posted by: tu3031 2003-03-27 |
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