Posted on 01/31/2003 12:57:11 PM PST by BOBTHENAILER
Inconvenient Facts
Your January 24 edition hit a milestone in missing some inconvenient facts. “No Blood for Oil” should go on to say that no U.S. oil company can do business with Iraq by law. However, two opponents to any war, Russia and France, have multi-billion dollar oil contracts with Iraq. No wonder they support Mr. Edel’s opposition to war.
Two other opponents also have enormous economic interests in Iraq: China, who supplied Iraq with a military upgrade linking anti-aircraft batteries with a cutting edge fiber optic system, in addition to additional military hardware in the multi-million dollar range, and Germany, which has over 80 companies listed by the UN weapons inspectors as having provided expertise or material in nuclear, chemical, biological and military fields. No small wonder those four stalwart allies aren’t wishing Saddam’s farewell.
Mr. Michels “War, what is it good for?” editorial educates us that “a growing number of senators, representatives and the public are against unilateral action on Iraq without the United Nations and allies’ support.” Never mind that 90% of the opposition is from Democrats who had no such qualms against Clinton’s actions in Bosnia, Kosovo and Iraq. Forget the clamor for UN resolutions then, because they didn’t happen. Clinton’s actions bordered on that current scare word “unilateral”.
Fast forward to today, when we have the support of the following; Britain, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Slovakia, Denmark, the Czech Republic, Qatar, Albania, Israel, Australia, Japan and Jordan (an Iraq ally during the Gulf War). These are as of 1/30/03 and will grow. Hardly what “Webster’s” would define as unilateral.
The biggest litmus test of support I hear is for the wonderful United Nations to give it’s support. Never mind the 15-0 vote in favor or Res. 1441. Consider these two FACTS when wishing for UN support.
1. The current chairmanship of the UN Human Rights Commission is held by that paragon of human rights practitioners: LIBYA.
2. During the May 12 through June 27 session, the chairmanship of the UN Disarmament Conference is scheduled to be: IRAQ.
That’s right humble readers. I think it’s paramount that we Americans subordinate our foreign policy to an Organization that astonishingly brilliant, right?
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