Powell Speech to UN Live Thread

[Support Free Republic]

Might as well start up the live thread. Speech starts at 10:30 EST (scheduled), which is within the hour.

[cyncooper]

Policy of evasion and deception that goes back 12 years.

(Side note: remember Mr. Popularity, Scott Ritter, and his "Iraq doesn't have WMD" mantra?)

[Mo1]

Gee what will the Hollywood Moroons said about the inspections now??

[carton253]

Not rare expections but policy and pattern. Hi level committe to monitor inspectors. Not to cooperate but spy and prevent inspector from doing their jobs.

[Howlin]

Powell saying that Iraq has a high committee to SPY on the inspectors.

It reports to Saddam.

Saddam's son is on the committee!

OH! The primary contact from Iraq with Blix is ON the spy committee..

This gets better and better!

[republicanwizard]

Fischer looks bored and drunk.

Go to hell Fischer.

[aristeides]

They expected us not to listen in?

Might have been scrambled in a way we were able to reverse. Might have been sent over a line the Iraqis thought we would not be able to intercept.

[Catspaw]

I suppose Iraq's response will be that we fabricated the tape and conversations, eh?

They already did, a day or two ago. A pre-denial or pre-buttal, as it were.

[kingedgars]

So far not enough to change the mind of some. Most are looking for a smoking gun to justify war. They need more than just deceptive behavior that proves they have violated a term of the UN mandate.

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[Ragtime Cowgirl]

This breaking News just in - North Korea restared its Nuke Facility!

Didn't we already hear that from NK a week ago or so?

[AmericanInTokyo]

THIS IS GREAT.

GOOD MASS MEDIA THEATRICS.

POWELL IS WISE TO REPEAT IT EACH TIME AND DRAMATIZE IT.

We need new bumper stickers all across America to shame the idiot liberals:

"ONLY FOOLS NOW BELIEVE IRAQ"

[Portnoy]

I wonder if CSpan will rebroadcast this later for us Cubicle bound?

[Kip Lange]

somebody set us up the bomb!!!

[finnman69]

Imgaine the NSA intercepts happeing right now and in the next hour as Generals call each other
"Abdul!"

" Yes Mohammad?"

" I'm getting the hell out of here, packing my bags!!!"

[twyn1]

It's already quite obvious why Iraq was caling Powell and the U.S. a liar a day or two ago -- someone here called it a Pre-Buttal -- they know they're in trouble

[republicanwizard]

What do you want? A picture of Saddam holding a bio weapon?

[unspun]

But wait....

[rintense]

Zig! For great justice!

[Constitution Day]

"There are forbidden ammo." (all your base are belong to us?)

Powell & Bush to Saddam:

You have no chance to survive. Make your time.

[RoseofTexas]

This sort of worries me..I don't like other nations knowing how good our spy stuff is...:(

[Starrgaizr]

I have a feeling we already know what he could say but won't.

Right. WHERE IS THE EVACUATION SITE? We know.