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2003-07-21 Iraq

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Posted by Steve White 2003-07-21 1:19:57 AM|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I confess I did it.Used a cadaver transplant from the Cowardly Lion(late of the Wizard of Oz)

Posted by raptor 2003-7-21 7:33:35 AM|| 2003-7-21 7:33:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Yay for Kofi Annan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(sorry, i couldnt resist)

seriously, the next step is another UNSC res explicitly accepting the governing council as interim authority and encouraging nations to donate troops and money. France will probably still lobby against that, but will Germany, eager for reconciliation, stand with France after Kofi's statement??? I cant see it. And with Germany gone can France and Russia stop this from going forward? More interesting times ahead, but this seems like the best news in a couple of weeks.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-7-21 11:13:11 AM|| 2003-7-21 11:13:11 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 "U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan has given a report to members of the U.N. Security Council urging them to endorse the new Governing Council created by the U.S"

O.K. Where did we fuck up? Did we appoint former employees of the Iraqui mission to the UN to this council? Are they all Sadaam in-laws? Has to be a major screw up for this type of endorsement.

Posted by Hodadenon 2003-7-21 1:19:41 PM|| 2003-7-21 1:19:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Hodadenon - This is a real crisis: the Phrench are against it and Kofi's (sorta) for it - whatever shall we do? Our tried and true gut-check to be on the opposite side is inconclusive!

Without the list of proviso's, I'd say Kofi's head just came out of his ass... but there they are: "must" specify a timetable, major role for nay-sayers, legitimacy, moral authority, American Puppets - the whole BS litany from a crowd that hasn't the sense to skate to where the puck's gonna be, instead of where it is now. Same old shit. Fuck the UN. Oh, I almost forgot, Fuck Turkey, too.

Posted by PD 2003-7-21 7:33:26 PM|| 2003-7-21 7:33:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Think again...

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20030721_1614.html
There's the catch.

Sorry about the bare link, but your preview kept giving me a "http://rantburg.com/http://... on a perfectly good link...

Posted by Kathy K 2003-7-21 8:21:00 PM|| [site-essential.com/] 2003-7-21 8:21:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Kathy K - that link problem happened to me, as well, on a story I posted yesterday - but I was stupid and didn't notice it had happened. Good catch!

Posted by PD 2003-7-21 9:49:04 PM|| 2003-7-21 9:49:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Kathy K - Just read your linked story....

"In Toughly Worded Iraq Report, U.N. Chief Kofi Annan Urges U.S. to Return Iraq to Self-Rule" (ABC News Spin is still running heavy)

"There is an overwhelming demand for self-rule and democracy cannot be imposed from the outside."

Lessee, does Kofi have a single clue what he's talking about? Does his resume include bringing democracy to a bunch of factionalized goatherders, most of whom long for a return to the 7th century? Has he ever faced anything like this - anything at all?

Didn't think so.

This is one more nail in the UN coffin, IMHO. Not a clue in the whole lot.

Posted by PD 2003-7-21 10:12:03 PM|| 2003-7-21 10:12:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 OMG we have must done something wrong! Next France will be offering to ~~surrender to~~ police Iraq! Quick someone call The President and get those troops home!

Posted by Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2003-7-21 10:57:42 PM|| 2003-7-21 10:57:42 PM|| Front Page Top

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