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2004-06-03 Iraq-Jordan

Classic WaPo : U.S. Faces Payback On Iraq Resolution

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Posted by .com 2004-06-03 2:29:30 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 actually the WaPo varies from reporter to reporter. Robin Wright is particularly negative on Iraq - she wrote an opinion piece a couple of weeks back trotting out every lefty cliche in the book.

I will admit that theyve were more negative than i expected the last two days about the new government. Even NPR was more positive.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-06-03 9:56:07 AM|| 2004-06-03 9:56:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 For France, Russia, China et al--it's all about bolstering their egos and pocketbooks. They don't give one hoot how many people die while they coffee talk their way past IMPLEMENTING SOLUTIONS.

All of us need to keep reminding the world that the US was the only one willing to take the UN to task for its worthless pronouncements. It is our "allies" that have decimated the reputation of the UN.

Posted by jules 187 2004-06-03 10:16:44 AM|| 2004-06-03 10:16:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Robin Wright is a Middle East analyst who thinks the world shines out of the Arab world's butt, that they should set the agenda, while the US follows slavishly - or face what she considers deserved terrorist attacks carried out by Muslims.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-06-03 12:28:48 PM|| [http://www.polipundit.com] 2004-06-03 12:28:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Since when do we need the UN to confer legitimacy?

BTW: How is that Oil-for-Palaces investigation going?

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-06-03 3:50:09 PM|| 2004-06-03 3:50:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 As the United States struggles to win world support for its transfer of authority in Iraq, the Bush administration is running into diplomatic payback at the United Nations, senior U.N. diplomats said yesterday.

Just what are those dumbasses from France, China, and Russia going to do that they haven't done already? This "payback" isn't, and whatever one might call it, it certainly isn't anything new.

And if our efforts don't garner "world support", who cares?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-06-03 4:48:07 PM|| 2004-06-03 4:48:07 PM|| Front Page Top

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