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| Clare bitches about Iraq humanitarian situation |
| 2003-04-16 |
| IRNA: International Development Secretary Clare Short Tuesday accused British and US forces of not doing enough to address the chaos and disorder in Iraq following the sudden collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime. First order of business was to kill everybody who was shooting at us. We'll get around to the rest, Clare. "The situation is extremely worrying," It's always easier to criticize others when there's no call for you to do anything similar. Or anything at all... Speaking to journalists at the Foreign Press Association in London, the International Development Secretary suggested that UK and US troops were "clearly not prepared" and said they "should have done better" following the collapse of the Iraqi regime. Had it been a typical Arab army, the troops would have been the ones looting. Just as a quick example, take a look at what happened to Kuwait when the Iraqis took it. Seems like they've actually gotten off pretty easy... The humanitarian situation was "serious," she said due to disorder in all major cities and many hospitals being without power, water and medical supplies. "No campaign is a success if there is no peace," she said. Short was also indirectly critical of the US and UK governments for "generalising too much" over the crucial role of the UN in post-conflict Iraq. She listed a host of resolutions that needed to be passed by the Security Council, including endorsing the setting up of an Iraqi interim administration to give it international legitimacy. The International Development Secretary declined to answer what she thought the long-term effect would be on Prime Minister Tony Blair as leader of the ruling Labour Party, saying it was "too early" to say. I think we can pretty much guess what she wants it to be, though... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #6 Watched a few min.of Larry King last night.He had the Syrian ambasader on.King didn't ask a single question(not even 1) about Hezbollah,Islamic Jihad,et al. |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-04-17 06:47:39 |
| #5 I am begining to think that these people have no touch with reality. They think that a soldier just puts down his weapon and starts pumping water? We DID NOT target the Iraqi infrastructure. These people were not getting water or food from Saddam BEFORE the war. Can we have like a week before they all start whining about what's broken? |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2003-04-16 15:33:04 |
| #4 to quote Mojo's comment way down below: Nyaaaaahhhhh....shaddap! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-04-16 15:28:41 |
| #3 Maybe this is not the exact place for this rant, but here goes. Related to Clare and previous article on Robin Cook. It's been proven by the events of the last month that Robin's and Clare's opinions on the war have been totally discredited. Toss into that every other whiner/anti-war protester in the world. No quagmire, no 500,000 deaths (although every one IS tragic), etc...How right you are, Old Patriot!! So why was Michael Kinsley on Charlie Rose last week with that snively voice and middle-of-the-road relativism? What a whiner. Ted Koppel had a former Syrian govt. official, a Palestinian perfesser, and an, are you ready?, Iranian FILM DIRECTOR!!! to discuss the hurt feelings of the Syrians in light of Rummy's and Colin's comments. Ted did not ask ONE tough question to the Syrian, who was railing against the American policy of democritization of the Middle East. I'd have asked the guy what the hell, couldn't you use a democracy in Syria? What about your elections? What about your totally Fascist, discredited, inhumane Baathist policies of the last several decades? The Iranian talked about the "massacre" of the Iraqi people perpetrated by the Coalition. Ted meekly asked him to define "massacre", which the guy did with gusto, and that shut up Ted. Ted gave them a total pass. Ted, you were so good with the 3rd ID. Now you're back home, what the hell did you learn over there? I think Ted's Manhattan cocktail crowd probably dissed him a bit upon his return, so now he has to bow to midgets and give equal time to get back on people's invitation list. Ted, THESE GUYS AND HAROLD RAINES WERE WRONG. Rantburgers, excepting Murat, were right. |
| Posted by: Michael 2003-04-16 15:28:24 |
| #2 Well, they do produce fertilizer while they're alive. That's something, isn't it? |
| Posted by: Fred 2003-04-16 15:03:03 |
| #1 First they bitch because the war went too well, then they bitch when it slows down for rest and refit, then they bitch because it went too well again. After all that, they're bitching because the "peace" is taking too long to put everything back the way it was before we went to war. Do these people have anything else to do? Don't they ever make a POSITIVE contribution to society, other than dying and leaving it? |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-04-16 14:04:47 |