France, Russia and Germany reject 24 hour ultimatum

Guardian Unlimited ^ | 3/17/03

[Diogenesis]

AXIS OF EVIL UPDATE, N'EST PAS 3/16/03:

In Beit Hanoun, north Gaza, Palestinian terrorists wave French and German flags
and Saddam Hussein's portrait as the Axis of Evil fully declares itself
the enemies of America.
This was one day after President Bush offered the Palestinians a state, only yesterday.

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In Khan Younis, south Gaza,Palestinian terrorists burn American, Israeli and British flags
as they chant for murder, kill, death; as is their way - and that of Germany and France (its puppet).

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[ewing]

Sacre bleu! What will we do..

[nina0113]

Man, they are just not GETTING it. It's OVER.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

End game.

The 24 hours will stand. Whether the Axis recognizes it or not.

[George W. Bush]

The three countries are standing firm in their opposition to any resolution that would authorise military action against Iraq while UN weapons inspectors continue to make progress.

But Blix has pulled the inspectors. So there will be no more 'progress'. Therefore, they should support us.

But I don't think that will happen.

[Paraclete]

Looks like the course is set.

[jdege]

The French foreign minister, Dominique de Villepin, today told a French radio station: "France cannot accept a resolution that sets an ultimatum and envisages an automatic use of force."

Despite the fact that they did exactly that, when they signed on to 1441.

Why did they vote for 1441, if they intended it not to be enforced?

[areafiftyone]

YOU CAN TRUST IRAQ MR. BLIX - HONEST!!

[epluribus_2]

France, Russia, Germany: (in harmony) WAAAAAAAAAAAA!

[Capitalist Eric]

"The security council must be consulted," Mr de Villepin said. "We think that the United Nations is indispensable."

WRONG!!!

[Green]

Good Grief!!! Talk about a confusing article. I'm not sure who is on first after reading that mess of writing.

[MindBender26]

Frogs are forgetting something. W is a texan. Texans remember who their friends are.

[smith288]

This is like everyone left the room accept these three nitwits countries... They are still pounding on the table with beads of sweat rolling down their forehead in utter nervousness what will be discovered when we liberate...

[Indy Pendance]

[Dog Gone]

The IAEA has pulled their inspectors, but Blix's are still there, I believe.

I think we should ignore the rest of what is happening at the UN. Here's the important part:

Late yesterday evening, the security council scheduled closed consultations on Iraq at 10am (1500 GMT) today to discuss the resolution sponsored by the US, Britain and Spain, setting an ultimatum for Iraq to disarm within days or face war.

[TLBSHOW]

bye bye UN and France and Russia and all the commies of the world

[areafiftyone]

The problem with these articles is that they will add previous news to the bottom of it to confuse the timeline! Makes you crazy. MSNBC does that and so does CNN. Why they have to recap everything all the time I don't know!

[MEG33]

The fallout from all this will be interesting. Is France depending on Russia to widen its influence? I am stunned at the implications.

[Centurion2000]

So are they gonna FIGHT or just sit there and whine ?