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2003-05-22 International

Iraq Sanctions Set to End, France Seeks Unity

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Posted by Frank G 2003-05-22 07:31 am|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "The war has taken place. Now it's time to restore the unity of the international community," French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin told France Inter radio on Thursday.

Villepinhead states the obvious in the first sentence and is arrogantly presumptious in the second. This guy makes de Gaulle look downright humble.

Posted by ColoradoConservative 2003-05-22 07:51:34|| 2003-05-22 07:51:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Sounds like everything's a go except for Syria's vote, which just goes to show how f)*@$d the UN concept is to begin with.

Posted by Dar 2003-05-22 08:10:58|| 2003-05-22 08:10:58|| Front Page Top

#3 Isn't it highly significant that he called it a war, instead of an illegal occupation or some other such nonsense?

Posted by Becky 2003-05-22 08:27:08|| 2003-05-22 08:27:08|| Front Page Top

#4 hmmm, I'd feel better if he'd said the "Iraq war". The meaning of the word "is" is very important to weasles.

Posted by Becky 2003-05-22 08:29:38|| 2003-05-22 08:29:38|| Front Page Top

#5 Two sites for continuing information (attempted links keep coming up with the Rantburg URL in them):

Central Command http://www.centcom.mil/
Department of Defense News http://www.defenselink.mil/news/dodnews.html

Posted by Chuck 2003-05-22 09:09:19|| [blog.simmins.org] 2003-05-22 09:09:19|| Front Page Top

#6 Fox sez the vote passed 14-0. Syria did not vote.

I forgot that, although on the Security Council, Syria is not a permanent member and does not have veto power, so it didn't matter much what their input would have been.

Posted by Dar 2003-05-22 09:23:54|| 2003-05-22 09:23:54|| Front Page Top

#7 It wasn't a war. It was a battle. Things are not back to normal. This war is still in its early stages.

Posted by Lucky 2003-05-22 10:51:16|| 2003-05-22 10:51:16|| Front Page Top

#8 "Ple-e-e-e-e-ease don't crush our pitifully shaky welfare-ridden economy!"

Posted by mojo 2003-05-22 11:25:55|| 2003-05-22 11:25:55|| Front Page Top

#9 Calling it a battle (as Bush did) is silly. There were many battles in Iraq. The conflict should properly be called the Iraqi theater of operations in the War on Terror.

Posted by Yank 2003-05-22 13:07:36|| 2003-05-22 13:07:36|| Front Page Top

#10 The council adopted Resolution 1483, asking the U.S. and British forces to help form an Iraqi-led interim administration "until an internationally recognized, representative government is established by the Iraqi people."

I think that I am too much on edge, or maybe I am extentially paraniod, but that "internationally recognized, representative government" phrase may be used as a wedgie later by France and anyone seeking recovery of their ill gotten contracts. I just do not trust the bastards. Negotiation requires good will and trust that both sides will honor an agreement. I just do not feel good about a bunch of these nations.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-05-22 19:13:26|| 2003-05-22 19:13:26|| Front Page Top

#11 Alaska Paul,

"Serious consequences"

Posted by Ernest Brown 2003-05-22 20:43:16|| [saturninretrograde.blogspot.com] 2003-05-22 20:43:16|| Front Page Top

#12 Yank, we can get silly all we want. The theater of operation in this war is global. This is a world war on terror. Those battles in Iraq can be called firefights as far as I'm concerned. The North African campagin of WWII wasn't a war. The Afgan campaign wasn't a war. But I get your point about the actuall theater of operation. But that was 'a' battle in the War on Terror.

Posted by Lucky 2003-05-23 11:36:09|| 2003-05-23 11:36:09|| Front Page Top

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