Yes GW should have launched an invasion of Baghdad way before Daschole and company had an opportunity to "politicize" our national interest!
Posted on 09/28/2002 3:13:12 AM PDT by kattracks
Sept. 28— BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq said Saturday it would not accept the new rules that the United States wants to impose on U.N. weapons inspections.
"The stance from the inspectors has been decided and any additional procedure that aims at harming Iraq won't be accepted," Iraq's Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan told reporters.
Under threat of force, the United States wants to radically change the ground rules for U.N. weapons inspectors in Iraq, demanding access to any site and protecting inspectors with a security force, according to those familiar with a draft U.N. resolution.
The proposed U.N. Security Council resolution, backed by Britain, would declare Iraq has already violated current U.N. demands and authorize military action if Baghdad fails to comply by accounting for its weapons of mass destruction.
The document, to be introduced early next week, has been submitted to Russia, China and France which, along with Britain and the United States, have veto power in the 15-nation Security Council. The other 10 elected council members have been told some of the main points.
France, Russia and China have severe reservations about what they regard as an almost inevitable slide into war, prompting a flurry of diplomatic activity.
President Bush spoke to French President Jacques Chirac by telephone Friday, and the State Department's undersecretary for political affairs, Marc Grossman, was en route to Moscow Saturday after meeting French officials in Paris. Britain dispatched officials to Beijing.
Iraq, according to the draft, has seven days after the resolution is adopted to accept all its demands, in what one diplomat called the "first test of good faith."
After 30 days, Baghdad has to declare any remaining weapons in nuclear, chemical, biological or ballistic arms programs or weapons materials it may possess.
Should Baghdad make "false statements or omissions" or otherwise fail to comply with the resolution, a U.N. member state can use "all necessary means" -- a diplomatic term for military action -- to ensure compliance, the envoys said.
Copyright 2002 Reuters News Service. All rights reserved.
B-b-b-b-but .... I thought they don't have any to begin with???
That needs to change. They are an organized crime syndicate. I've said this ad nauseum, but I just KNOW that all these foreign junkets by the Clinton antichrist are setting up support for his election as the next U.N. Secretary General. That's the only job he feels he warrants. Mark my words, we're not through with that scumbag.
Then, he said "Why should we risk the deaths of tens of thousands of American soldiers pursuing this needless war against Iraq."
Now, can you explain how Iraq could kill tens of thousands of American soldiers by any means other than employing Biological, Chemical or Nuclear weapons they don't have?
Wimpy though they may be, it is becoming increasingly obvious to our UN "friends" that Saddam has something to hide. His activities have "guilty" written all over them. Self-interest, as always, guides the people of all nations. As our reluctant coalition members begin to realize just how sloppy and dangerous attacks against the US will be -- especially bioweapon releases -- the more they will see fit to agree to take action.
There will, of course, be plenty of nutbars out there protesting any course of action, but watch as those who actually have power in ambivalent nations fall quietly in line with US strategy.
As it was, watching them stumbling around soiling themselves recently was hilarious. The stentorian, chest-thumping bombast we witnessed this past week should be incorporated into the curricula of every clown college in America.
In the wake of increasing resistance by Iraq to meaningful weapons inspections, I expect these poor, hapless fools to provide even more slapstick entertainment in the weeks to come.
What little coherency the 'rats may have had is deteriorating rapidly. By Election Day, they'll be foaming at the mouth, running in circles flailing their arms over their heads, and breakdancing and talking in tongues.
He's had four yrs to develop his weapons, and the last 10 months to implement his plan. I fear that when we finally get over there, he has quite a surprise for us.This scares me to death.
And does anyone else feel that all this war dispute on TV is really wrong? It does nothing but show the Arab world that we are not united. Maybe the war talk should be banned on the airways. Just my thoughts
Yes GW should have launched an invasion of Baghdad way before Daschole and company had an opportunity to "politicize" our national interest!
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