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U.S. ambassador walks out of U.N. debate over Iraq
Associated Press ^ | 3-27-03 | EDITH M. LEDERER

Posted on 03/27/2003 11:25:13 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:42:07 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations walked out of a debate on the Iraqi war Thursday after Iraq's ambassador accused the United States of trying to exterminate the Iraqi people.

"I did sit through quite a long part of what he had to say but I'd heard enough," U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte said.


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1 posted on 03/27/2003 11:25:13 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
"I did sit through quite a long part of what he had to say but I'd heard enough

Haven't we all.......

2 posted on 03/27/2003 11:26:28 AM PST by SouthernFreebird
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Way to go John. Now just never go back again.
3 posted on 03/27/2003 11:26:28 AM PST by ffusco ("Essiri sempri la santu fora la chiesa.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
walkout bump!
4 posted on 03/27/2003 11:26:30 AM PST by CFW
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Outstanding!

What a change from the Andrew Young days.

We have come a long ways.
5 posted on 03/27/2003 11:26:34 AM PST by x1stcav (HooAhh!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Why didn't he start banging on the Iraqi with his shoe like Kruschev???
6 posted on 03/27/2003 11:26:45 AM PST by sam_paine
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
And don't go back.
7 posted on 03/27/2003 11:26:51 AM PST by Dog Gone
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
He should have just stood up and boo'd throughout the spewing combover was doing.
8 posted on 03/27/2003 11:26:58 AM PST by smith288 (Visit my gallery http://www.ejsmithweb.com/fr/hollywood/hollywood.php)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Veto with your feet. Bravo.
9 posted on 03/27/2003 11:27:07 AM PST by eastsider
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
And why haven't we deported all U.N. personnel and razed the building? Should have been done decades ago.
10 posted on 03/27/2003 11:27:37 AM PST by Young Rhino (France delenda est)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Negroponte to UN: Kiss my red, white, and blue tookus.
11 posted on 03/27/2003 11:27:44 AM PST by TheBigB (How do I set a laser printer to stun?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
^5 Mr. Negroponte!
12 posted on 03/27/2003 11:27:44 AM PST by dixiechick2000 (God Bless President Bush! GOD BLESS THE USA!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Good job! By all means stay out, now just send back an entry-level staffer to veto anything the UN wants to do.
13 posted on 03/27/2003 11:27:51 AM PST by KellyAdmirer
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To: sam_paine
Or at least cursed his mustache.
14 posted on 03/27/2003 11:28:00 AM PST by monkeywrench
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
If by "trying to exterminate the Iraqi people", you mean "trying to exterminate Saddam, you, and the rest of you Baa'thist thugs", damned straight, that's exactly what we're trying to do.

And not only are we going to succeed, the rest of the Iraqi people will be far better off once you're gone.
15 posted on 03/27/2003 11:28:19 AM PST by jdege
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
We should leave the UN and have its headquarters kicked out of NY!
16 posted on 03/27/2003 11:29:12 AM PST by sheik yerbouty
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Finally, I love it when our officials show balls. I hope he walks out again when France starts speaking
17 posted on 03/27/2003 11:29:34 AM PST by SKIbone
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
I hope he did a Cartman and said, "Screw you guys, I'm going home" before walking out.
18 posted on 03/27/2003 11:31:19 AM PST by dfwgator
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From the Louisville Courier Journal of March 19.

Young sees growing support for war with Iraq

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By Chris Kenning
ckenning@courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal

More countries likely will fall in behind the United States once hostilities with Iraq begin, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations predicted yesterday in Louisville.

Andrew Young, who was U.N. ambassador under President Jimmy Carter in the late 1970s, said he thinks international support will grow even more in the effort to transform Iraq into a peaceful and stable country.

''We may find that President Bush has pulled a real coup,'' said Young, who supported Al Gore in the 2000 election. ''I think we're going to be proven right in the U.N.''

Young was in Louisville to address the annual Salute to Catholic School Alumni dinner, an event honoring outstanding graduates sponsored by the Catholic Education Foundation.

Young, a former aide to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., was Atlanta's mayor during much of the 1980s. He is now chairman of Good Works International, which consults with governments and corporations on economic development in Africa and the Caribbean, and is a former president of the National Council of Churches.

He told reporters yesterday that he thought a war against Iraq was justified. Diplomatic efforts to win U.N. support and to disarm Iraq went on long enough, he said.

''You negotiate as long as you can -- but sometimes . . . you have to resort to force,'' Young said during a press conference. Delays could cost lives, he argued, just as in World War II when the United States hesitated, despite knowing that the Nazis were killing Jews.

And fighting a desert war later in the spring or in summer could make it more dangerous for U.S. soldiers. ''The longer it takes for us to act, the more difficult it is,'' he said.

The former ambassador said he didn't think the rift on the Security Council -- and criticism that the United Nations is failing to enforce its resolutions against Iraq -- would undermine the institution.

''I was frankly disgusted with the U.N.,'' he said. But with the organization playing vital world humanitarian and economic roles, ''you can't get along'' without it.

While the United States is asserting its leadership with its military in Iraq, he said, it must balance that with significant efforts to rebuild the country.

Young was a member of the U.S. Commission on National Security, a 14-member panel of military and civilian leaders, when it issued a report in 2000 criticizing the Pentagon's strategy for fighting two wars at once and suggesting that the nation more carefully weigh whether foreign-intervention efforts are worth the risks.

In a 1991 speech in Atlanta, Young urged a halt to allied bombing attacks on Iraq to allow for negotiations in the dispute over the invasion of Kuwait. But yesterday he said he supported the war to free Kuwait.

For now, Young said, Americans should support the nation's troops in the field. ''I hope with all my heart they will find a quick and easy victory,'' he said.

19 posted on 03/27/2003 11:32:20 AM PST by Chancellor Palpatine (Paleocons, the French and the UN - Excusing corrupt power mad dictators for decades)
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To: TheBigB
Yidish bump!

some faves: Kibbutz, zaftig, nosh, kishkes, chochkas
20 posted on 03/27/2003 11:33:37 AM PST by ffusco ("Essiri sempri la santu fora la chiesa.")
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