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2003-09-09 Iraq

Letâs Get Internationally Legitimized (Too Legit to Quit, as they say)

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Posted by eyeyeye 2003-09-09 10:34:27 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The secretary-general said economic issues including control of Iraqâs oil production and oil revenue, and responsibility for awarding contracts and privatizing the oil industry are also "very much part of the discussions which are going on at the moment."

They're in it for the oil. Surprise, surprise.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2003-9-9 10:45:34 AM|| 2003-9-9 10:45:34 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 "We will gladly provide you with $2B in aid to Iraq tomorrow in exchange for $20B in contracts today."

Posted by Matt 2003-9-9 10:58:18 AM|| 2003-9-9 10:58:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Matt... good quote from Wimpy -- very appropriate in this context.

Posted by snellenr 2003-9-9 12:19:44 PM|| 2003-9-9 12:19:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Oh boy, an excuse to shamelessly plug my anti-UN page:

http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/marlowe/un.html

Dunno when I'll get another chance to mention it.

Posted by marlowe 2003-9-9 12:24:52 PM|| [http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/marlowe] 2003-9-9 12:24:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Wanna screw things up royally? Get the UN involved.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-9-9 1:25:11 PM|| 2003-9-9 1:25:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Good news: Many countries have responded to President's request for help:

Denmark said on Tuesday it would send an extra 90 soldiers to Iraq by the end of October to join 410 others near Basra. Romania, which has 687 peacekeepers in Iraq, said it was considering sending 56 more.

Posted by . 2003-9-9 1:54:29 PM|| 2003-9-9 1:54:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 If there is any point to this, it's in providing the fig leaf needed to get Turkish, Pakistani, and Indian boots on the ground.

Whether that is a really good idea is another question.

Posted by Hiryu 2003-9-9 2:27:33 PM|| 2003-9-9 2:27:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 This has got to stop being treated as "news" as it is mere claptrap. The UN is not the "legitimizer" of anything as it is comprised of every swinging dick that calls itself a nation on the face of the Earth... and that includes all of the thuggy bastards and corrupt shitheads and dic~~ksuckers~~tators and religious or royal kleptocracies - each with a magic "vote" as if all nations are equal in some magical way. The UN is a MOB. It is not a vessel of morality or legitimacy or sanctity. Its imprimatur means zip, zilch, nada, nothing. It is a failed format for a grand idea. It is merely taking up space and resources - and obfuscating and preventing action wherever action is needed.

To paraphrase the classic parody, Deteriorata, "The UN is a fluke of the Universe, and whether it can hear it or not, the Universe is laughing behind its back."

Posted by .com (a.k.a. Abu This!) 2003-9-9 2:33:39 PM|| 2003-9-9 2:33:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Oh, it's a very good idea, Hiryu. If we do get Turkish, Pakistani, and Indian troops on the groound, then the 'Resistance' will start attacking them. Killing fellow muslims, the Religion of Peace proves it's worth again.

Posted by Charles 2003-9-9 2:37:21 PM|| 2003-9-9 2:37:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Super, but Turkey, Pakistan, India, et al, will send about as many troops as Denmark, if at all.
And if Wimpy shells out 2 billion, super-duper, but it's a drop in the bucket. We're shelling over a hundred.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-9-9 3:56:12 PM|| 2003-9-9 3:56:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 How do you say "it's all about the oil!" in French?

Posted by Baba Yaga 2003-9-9 10:37:31 PM|| 2003-9-9 10:37:31 PM|| Front Page Top

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