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2003-12-13 Iraq

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-12-13 00:02|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Iraq is not up for grabs (by Grand Turban Systani or any other factional "leader") and it's not the UN's call.

If the Shi'a people don't get a clue and realize they are independent of this, or any other, turban - I see a partitioned Iraq coming. Maybe a Federation, but not a unified Iraq.

Posted by .com 2003-12-13 5:24:19 AM|| 2003-12-13 5:24:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 The U.N. would have to be willing to *enter* Iraq before this became even a remote possibility. Remember, they cut-and-run after their non-security allowed that truck bombing. And they're even threatening to leave Afghanistan now because of the "security situation" there.

Hans "Magoo" Blix couldn't find an election, feasible or otherwise, if he was standing in a polling place with ballots strewn at his feet...

Posted by snellenr 2003-12-13 11:30:36 AM|| 2003-12-13 11:30:36 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Remember the UN is putting their Iraq mission in Cyprus. Provided they can find enough four-star hotel rooms, that is.

Posted by Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-13 12:48:20 PM|| 2003-12-13 12:48:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 LOL!!! You guys have really nailed this one!

I am so ready for the US to finally admit the UN is, as was the League of Nations, a failure. It looks to me as though Dubya doesn't want this on his resume - he's tried playing nice with them on several frustrating fronts - and we keep getting burned and spurned.

I think it's time to call it a day. Take those aspects that worked, toss those things that didn't, figure out what's still missing entirely, and float the new idea. It will take time for people to disengage from the old and see the new for what it is, but this process is an eventuality, not a pipe dream. Today's UN is a snake-pit and unworthy of either our monetary support or continued participation. It has devolved into a Thugacratic Demagogue Forum of no practical or principled value. *flush*

Posted by .com 2003-12-13 1:24:24 PM|| 2003-12-13 1:24:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Grand Turban

Another good name for a car.

Maybe G.T.O. Grand Turban Overweening

Posted by Shipman 2003-12-13 2:28:50 PM|| 2003-12-13 2:28:50 PM|| Front Page Top

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