[blam]

SCREW THE UN!!

[pubmom]

Where is that "Little Red Hen" story?

[muir_redwoods]

What is this "United Nations" I keep hearing about and why are they spouting such nonsense. When we get done cleaning house in Iraq, a job Iraqi patriots should have done for themselves, we'll assist in the rebuilding. The Iraqis can foot the bill by selling their oil at market prices and get freedom secured cheaper than most countries do.

Then we can rid New York and the US of this pestilent UN.

[Smedley]

Any attempt by Washington to stifle the UN's role is likely to be resisted by other governments, Mr Malloch Brown asserted. "An international, UN-sanctioned administration of the country is likely to be condoned by many as indispensable," he said.

Send a detailed memo to the UN Security Council by next week, we'll get back to you. Time for the US to teach the French all about that UN veto.

[thepitts]

SCREW THE UN!!

To put it nicely.

Or like in my regular e-mails to the UN,'GET OUT OF THE USA YOU GODLESS BASTARDS'.

[RippleFire]

He's not A senior British official at the United Nations, he's A senior United Nations official of British nationality. There's a big difference.

[Redcloak]

What's the ewe en?

[Happy2BMe]

Kofi . . (tap-tap) Kofi . . Kofi Is That You!? - Kofi . .

[sirchtruth]

CHOICE WORD THE UN!!!

[blam]

America will take lead in creating a post-war administration, says Powell

By Stephen Castle in Brussels
04 April 2003
Independent (UK)

Colin Powell, the US Secretary of State, promised the UN "a role" in post-war Iraq yesterday, but made it clear that America will take the lead in forging the country's future after Saddam Hussein.

A day of frantic diplomacy in Brussels saw signs of a modest thaw in transatlantic relations but failed to resolve the crucial issue of how much power the US will relinquish once the war is won.

European countries see a central role for the UN as the prerequisite for an EU contribution to rebuilding Iraq or for another idea discussed yesterday: peace-keeping by Nato.

But after talks with senior EU officials and Nato foreign ministers, Mr Powell made it clear that, having sacrificed the lives of their soldiers, the victors of the war would take the lead in the creation of the post-war administration.

"It was the coalition that came together and took on this difficult mission, at political expense at at the expense of the money that it cost, and at the expense of lives as well," Mr Powell said. "When we have succeeded and when we look down the road to a better life for the Iraqi people, to rebuild their society after these decades of devastation wrought by Saddam Hussein, I think the coalition has to play the leading role in determining the way forward."

But the US Secretary of State added that this was "not to say that we have to shut others out" or to deny the importance of "partnership with the international community and especially with the UN". Mr Powell also restated the US commitment to push the Middle East peace process.

Jack Straw, the Foreign Secretary, said: "We are all agreed on the need to have a role for the UN but there needs to be a lot of discussions."

After the most serious transatlantic rift for years there was a conciliatory response from France, which had led the opposition for the US-led war. The French Foreign Minister, Dominique de Villepin, called for a "central role for the UN, which is the source of international legitimacy" but said the international community should be "pragmatic" while Iraq is being made secure.

He acknowledged that the US would have to run Iraq until it was made safe. And he did not rule out a peace-keeping role for Nato, although he said discussions were "premature".

Mr Powell said US and British forces would be responsible for stabilising the security situation and finding weapons of mass destruction. "At the same time ... we will quickly want to establish an interim authority," he said.

But George Papandreou, Foreign Minister of Greece, which holds the EU presidency, said a fresh UN resolution "will be a prerequisite of full involvement of the EU in post-conflict reconstruction".

Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, Nato's secretary general, said the alliance's role needed to be considered carefully. "Some nations favoured it and none excluded it," he added.

[Waco]

Iraqi oil is unique in that it is only useable to service secret Swiss bank accounts. Piss on the UN!

[FixitGuy]

To the victor goes the ......

[evad]

OK..we've thought twice

SCREW THE UN!!

[TheLion]

SCREW THE UN!!

Not only that we should get our costs back in addition to reconstruction costs. Look how much money we will be giving out to Jordan and Turkey.....time to get paid back. This guy shows us very clearly why the UN is a useless organization.

[Kozak]

To paraphrase Josef Stalin:

How many divisions does the UN have?

[blackdog]

How strange? The UN has been skimming $2,000,000 per week to administer an oil for food(palaces) program for ten years now. Amazing that just now it falls into the "can't do" catagory?

[pointsal]

well the first response echos mine
screw the UN!!!!!!!!!!

[caisson71]

The reply to the UN-nations should be, "come and get it, just try".

[Centurion2000]

If they are screaming now ... wait until we demand the 10 billion dollars in Iraqi funds sitting in French banks :)

[Nick Danger]

US Warned

Oh no, not another warning. It's nothing but threats and warnings these days, from people who sure can talk but can't do squat.

Here's another guy that does not understand George W. Bush. He tells us that "the United States... should think twice before assuming it can administer post-conflict Iraq on its own terms." Well, we thought about it more than twice. The UN had every chance to prove that it was more than a worthless debating society, and it failed the test. So now it can conduct worthless debates with itself. The rest of us have a job to do.

[Myrddin]

Oil and agriculture are the two primary sources of income for Iraq. The U.S., Britain and Poland should be repaid for the expense of booting Saddam and his minions. Selling oil is the easiest way to do that. The repair and rebuilding efforts can also be financed via oil. The beneficiaries of the repair and rebuilding contracts should be at the pleasure of the Iraqi people. It is THEIR money. It is no business of the UN or the EU to dictate how and where those funds are directed.