Posted on 03/17/2003 7:39:03 AM PST by TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!
17 March – The United Kingdom, United States and Spain today announced they will not pursue a vote in the Security Council on a draft resolution presenting an ultimatum to Iraq and said they reserved the right to take their own steps to secure that country’s disarmament.
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Also please see post 79, any comments? knowledge?
The link there JH2, fyi. Excerpt:
Across a range of measures, two-thirds to three-quarters of Americans now line up behind administration policy. Some of that represents the usual rally behind a president and his troops at the door to war.
But the poll also shows frustration with the diplomatic process: While the public had broadly desired U.N. backing for war, 66 percent support Bush's decision to abandon a Security Council vote, and 75 percent disapprove of the United Nations' handling of the issue, up 19 points from a few weeks ago.
This touches on one big reason why I'm so opposed to the idea of sticking around after this war's over. It's going to be the welfare syndrome taken abroad: The various ethnic groups are going to assume that we'll take care of them, that it's our job; they won't take full responsibility for securing their own future, and nothing we do will be enough for them. Talk about a nightmare waiting to happen.
That's good news, if true. I was worrying about how that decision was going to be received.
'The United Nations is just an instrument at the service of American policy'
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