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Powell Speech to UN Live Thread
Posted on 02/05/2003 6:36:41 AM PST by Support Free Republic
Might as well start up the live thread. Speech starts at 10:30 EST (scheduled), which is within the hour.
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To: All
The Iraqi rep just received information he had no knowledge of. His interview on Tony Snow was very revealing. He was asked by Snow if he meets often with Hussein, to which he answered no. Snow then asked if he had ever met Hussein and he answered somewhat unconvincingly that he had met Saddam and he then gave his opinion on Hussein. The Iraqi rep is nothing but an uninformed lackey who has specific talking points to relay to the U.N. and the press. Those talking points are simple. "Lies and Fabrications".
To: cyncooper
Feinstein said she hates to say it, but that Powell in fact made a very good case that further inspections are basically useless due to evidence of their subterfuge. She states the UN must enforce their resolution or they in fact will be irrelevant.
OH WOW!!!
To: DoughtyOne
Prepared, but with some flexibility. Diplomats have to be able to react and respond on the fly, but they absolutely have to make sure that they are conveying policy, not setting policy.
No one from China who can set policy was present. There should be no surprise that Chinese policy as conveyed was unchanged.
The coming day or two will tell if China moved or not.
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posted on
02/05/2003 9:12:10 AM PST
by
William McKinley
(You're so vain, you probably think this tagline's about you)
To: FoxGirl
Russia waffling...we need to "study". We need time. Blah blah.
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posted on
02/05/2003 9:12:11 AM PST
by
Kip Lange
(The Khaki Pants of Freedom)
To: phil1750
"FRANCE WILL BE A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE WAR if it becomes necessary to surrender."
They'll be able to show the Republican Guard how to wave those white flags properly and how to beg for mercy...or is that merci?
To: AFPhys
When was it that the bombing starts? I think the expression was:
"Weeks, NOT months !"
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posted on
02/05/2003 9:12:21 AM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(Bu-bye SADdam. It's been lousy knowin' ya ! You're soon to meet your buddy Stalin in Hades.)
To: N. Theknow
Just wait for the final damning piece of evidence: Saddam in an SUV smoking a cigarette with a handgun in a shoulder holster. LOL -- You forgot "wearing fur and eating a hamburger"
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posted on
02/05/2003 9:12:24 AM PST
by
twyn1
(God Bless America !)
To: Wphile; All
Unfortuneately, we could present video of Saddam giving the blessings of Allah to the 19 hijackers that flew the planes on 9/11 and there yould STILL be people who said we didn't have enough proof for war with Iraq.
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posted on
02/05/2003 9:12:25 AM PST
by
txradioguy
(Doing my part to keep the country free)
To: nutmeg; Constitution Day
CBS Radio says France wants "proof" of what Powell said.
To: monkeyshine
"it's probably more likely that the Belgians hate the French because the French took credit for one of their two inventions (the other being the waffle)."
The Frogs are very good at waffling. The only time they don't waffle is if the question is, do we surrender?
The French don't know what a smoking gun is. The only time they ever see one is if it happened to be loaded when they drop it.
Pray for GW and our Troops
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posted on
02/05/2003 9:12:36 AM PST
by
bray
To: Support Free Republic
This was not a "Smoking Gun"-it was an entire Smith and Wesson factory going up.We stood around the tv in the office and the words " Holy Expletive" were used more than once-by guys who have been there and done that and they were still shocked.Brian Williams on MSNBC to Bob Woodward wondered aloud ,if all this was news to Bush,if he had been aware of this before !!!
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posted on
02/05/2003 9:12:44 AM PST
by
Wild Irish Rogue
(Democrats think we are all morons,like their base)
To: dittomom
"Let Scott Ritter go kiss Saddam's breech!! But dittomom, he's probably already "been there, done that."
To: nutmeg
Chinese statement seems to have been written prior to hearing the evidence.
To: fightinJAG
He said we needed more inspections and the US and UK should give the inspectors all our classified information so that they can do their jobs "better." That would be really dumb. Someones been tipping Iraq off to where the next inspection would be. Imagine if the US told them everything!
To: seamole
Priceless. Not only does Straw make an exceptional point, but he hands the floor back to Germany right after his "far greater evil than we could handle" comment.And the moment Straw finished, MSNBC cut the feed to talk to Andrea Mitchell! Germany is irrelevant!
Brit Hume: Remember that other governments' statements were written before Powell's presentation!
To: MeeknMing
I think the expression was:I think we're getting close to "Days, not Weeks."
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posted on
02/05/2003 9:13:13 AM PST
by
mhking
(Mr. Worf, lock phasers AND quantum torpedoes on target and stand by for my signal...)
To: biblewonk
NO WAY ! Did she really say that???
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posted on
02/05/2003 9:13:15 AM PST
by
kassie
(God Bless and Protect Our Military)
To: Dog; DoughtyOne
Brit Hume making the same point I was just making.
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posted on
02/05/2003 9:13:28 AM PST
by
William McKinley
(You're so vain, you probably think this tagline's about you)
To: StarFan
Chinese statement seems to have been written prior to hearing the evidence. Exactly!
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posted on
02/05/2003 9:13:33 AM PST
by
Terriergal
(Psalm 11:3 "When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?" LOCK N' LOAD!)
To: prairiebreeze
russia views this meeting today through the prism of the consistent effort of UN to find a political settlement on complete compliance of resolution
resolution demonstrates ability of international community to work together (gag)
strict conpliance with Un charter are most reliable way to solve problem of WMD in Iraq through political means (gag)
with that in mind we have listend closely to Powell, russia believe that Sec Council and international community must have all of the necessary information it needs to answer question of whether there are remaining WMD in Iraq
infor today will require seious and thorough study--we need to analyze it and draw appropriate conclusions--this information needs to be immediately handed over from unmovie and IAEA
we must give inspectors answers to the questions we have heard Powell say (huh???)
appeal for all states to hand over information to inspectors
information from Powell indicates imspections must be continues---gag
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posted on
02/05/2003 9:13:38 AM PST
by
prairiebreeze
("We won't deny, ignore or pass our problems along to other Presidents" --GWBush)
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