No rally to Powell's evidence at U.N.

UPI | 2/05/03 | Roland Flamini

[Puppage]

At the same time, all called on Iraq to cooperate with the U.N. inspectors

Come on...won't ya please? We'll forget the OTHER 17 TIMES BEFORE THAT YOU BROKE RESOLUTIONS.

Don't cross this line....ok, don't cross THIS line.Ok.............

[tomahawk]

The U.N. is irrelevant. This will be shown, in the field, shortly.

[Puddleglum]

What past or present activities of the UN in this matter portend future success? None.

What past or present activities of the UN and Iraq in this matter portend future delay and deceit? All.

What past or present activities of the UN and Iraq in this matter display a concern for the safety of the USA? None.

I think it's a shame to waste one more minute trying to convince the UN and Iraq to cooperate.

[AmericanInTokyo]

The United Nations. Buh Bye.

[Digger]

Come on, GW, it's time to pull the plug on the UN.

[T. Jefferson]

The unwritten goal is becoming accomplished. We got exactly what we wanted today, the UN declared itself irrelevant. After we wipe out Saddam in a week, all future UN involvement in any scenario involving the US will be ignored.

[MHGinTN]

Powell was hoping to rally the members of the 15-member council with what on Monday he called "a straightforward, sober and compelling demonstration that Iraq is deliberately thwarting U.N. weapons inspectors." Actually, I think Powell has reached the sane conclusion that the U.N. is now impotent and he was merely illustrating that irrelevance with patience to present their lack of results. Seventeen resolutions(?) from the SC of the U.N., without a single tooth in any of them, and the toothless frogshow is exposed for what it is.

[pt17]

Come on, GW, it's time to pull the plug on the UN.

Yup. It's overdue.

[Free_at_last_-2001]

Come on, GW, it's time to pull the plug on the UN.

Yup. It's overdue.

Party's over!

[jpthomas]

All of the responses given by Security Council members were "canned" comments prepared days before Powell's presentation. One cannot judge the UN's ultimate response to Powell's evidence based on the words spoken today. That being said, I thought the comments of some of the members were absurd and outrageous. It was particularly difficult to stomach Joschka Fischer (the German Foreign Minister). He was an activist anti-war protestor thirty years ago. His relationship with some of his fellow travelers from that era came into question recently. He was accused of perjury for claiming he never lived with one who went on to become a member of the Red Army terrorist faction. He weaseled out of a perjury charge by using the Clintonian "I don't recall that" defense.

[Arkie2]

Meanwhile the UN appoints Iraq to head the disarmament committee. Does anyone else need a more graphic illustration of the UN's irrelevancy?

[meenie]

Sadaam needs pushed to the limit. They should put 10,000 inspectors into Iraq if necessary. The facilities that they showed at the UN should have been bombed by now. They constantly overfly Iraq, there is no reason these sites haven't been taken out by now. The palaces should have been bombed to smithareens by now. We have to get rid of as many suspected sites as possible before troops go in. It is suicide to let these bio and chemical sites exist before the invasion.

[biblewonk]

The U.N. is irrelevant. This will be shown, in the field, shortly.

The UN = the Starwars Counsel that was also totally useless.

[meenie]

Sadaam needs pushed to the limit. They should put 10,000 inspectors into Iraq if necessary. The facilities that they showed at the UN should have been bombed by now. They constantly overfly Iraq, there is no reason these sites haven't been taken out by now.

The palaces should have been bombed to smithareens by now. We have to get rid of as many suspected sites as possible before troops go in. It is suicide to let these bio and chemical sites exist before the invasion.

[ladtx]

Looks like it's time for another W lecture at the UN about irrelevance.

[Free ThinkerNY]

[colorado tanker]

Hardly any calls for a second resolution. They're slapping Blair's face.

[CyberAnt]

FINE! We'll go without you weenies - and WE WILL KEEP AAAALLLLLLL THE SPOILS FOR OURSELVES!!!

[Question_Assumptions]

I'm beginning to think that Blair is painfully aware of Chamberlain's legacy and doesn't want to go down in history as Chamberlain II. Tony may be left-leaning but he certainly isn't an idiot.