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NATO should lead in Iraq under UN, not US, says Bill Clinton
The Daily Telegraph via Madrid ^ | November 3, 2003 | nwrep

Posted on 11/02/2003 6:45:02 PM PST by nwrep

NATO should lead in Iraq under UN: Clinton

November 3, 2003

THE North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) should lead the security operation in Iraq under a UN mandate, former US president Bill Clinton said.

"We should revisit the question of whether the UN could assume responsibilities at least on paper for the security operations as well with NATO," Clinton told a press conference with former Brazilian president Fernando Henrique Cardoso.

"We should revisit the question of whether the UN could assume responsibilities at least on paper for the security operations as well with NATO."

If NATO were put in charge in Iraq, there would be wider international support for the operation there, he argued.

The international community must join forces to push Iraq towards a bright future, he said.

The former Democratic president Clinton, who preceded the Republican George W. Bush, said he did not think the US troops in Iraq should withdraw immediately "because the Iraqi economy and security environment is not sufficiently strong".

Clinton also offered his condolences to the families of the 15 US soldiers killed when a helicopter was brought down west of Baghdad yesterday.

Clinton and Cardoso were attending the second general assembly of the Madrid Club which brings together 26 heads of state and government to discuss the workings of the International Monetary Fund.



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1 posted on 11/02/2003 6:45:05 PM PST by nwrep
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Better yet, under China..
2 posted on 11/02/2003 6:46:51 PM PST by a_Turk (Threatened by shadows at night, and exposed in the light..)
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#1. Communists in Chief spouting off his TRASH trap again!!!! Clintoon, just vanish you're sorry butt off the planet, will you, please!!!!
3 posted on 11/02/2003 6:47:25 PM PST by Defender2 (Defending Our Bill of Rights, Our Constitution, Our Country and Our Freedom!!!!)
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STFU and go away, Bill.
5 posted on 11/02/2003 6:47:47 PM PST by Mike-o-Matic
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The US should donate willy klinton to the UN as a going away present.
7 posted on 11/02/2003 6:48:22 PM PST by spunkets
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#6. I'm so very tired of the left shoving their socialism/communism/terrorism supporting trash down our throats!!!!
9 posted on 11/02/2003 6:50:58 PM PST by Defender2 (Defending Our Bill of Rights, Our Constitution, Our Country and Our Freedom!!!!)
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Clinton and Cardoso were attending the second general assembly of the Madrid Club which brings together 26 heads of state and government to discuss the workings of the International Monetary Fund.

Exactly which state or gevernment does Clinton head?

10 posted on 11/02/2003 6:51:05 PM PST by w1andsodidwe (recycling is a waste of time for hardworking taxpayers, hire the homeless to sort garbage)
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He seriously damaged the nation's strength during his tenure, and the sorry SOB still won't go away.
11 posted on 11/02/2003 6:51:27 PM PST by doug from upland (Why aren't the Clintons living out their remaining years on Alcatraz?)
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"Clinton and Cardoso were attending the second general assembly of the Madrid Club which brings together 26 heads of state and government to discuss the workings of the International Monetary Fund."

Which particular state or government is it that Clinton is the head of? Or did I miss something...???

12 posted on 11/02/2003 6:51:30 PM PST by okie01 (www.ArmorforCongress.com...because Congress isn't for the morally halt and the mentally lame.)
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gevernment = government
13 posted on 11/02/2003 6:51:34 PM PST by w1andsodidwe (recycling is a waste of time for hardworking taxpayers, hire the homeless to sort garbage)
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To: a_Turk
There he goes again. CACK.....
14 posted on 11/02/2003 6:53:06 PM PST by suzyq5558 (and no i dont know the web addy to bab's site,i read it here on FR first!!!!!)
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To: nwrep
Well now, there is someones advice worth listening to---NOT.
17 posted on 11/02/2003 6:53:58 PM PST by freeangel (freeangel)
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Too bad Clinton didn't take his own advice from today back when he was in charge, since he never got UN approval for his war on Serbia in 1999...
18 posted on 11/02/2003 6:54:32 PM PST by Southack (Media bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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