Posted on 02/07/2003 1:39:52 AM PST by kattracks
On Wednesday, Secretary of State Powell proved to the United Nations Security Council that Iraq is a dire threat to world peace. Yesterday, President Bush challenged the council to do something about it.
When, in November, it demanded the immediate disarmament of Iraq, "the United Nations Security Council spoke with clarity and authority," the President said. "Now the Security Council will show whether its words have any meaning. Having made its demands, the Security Council must not back down when those demands are defied and mocked by a dictator."
Mocked, indeed. Saddam Hussein has been playing the UN for a fool for 12 years. He'll do so for another 12, if it lets him. He has just ordered his field commanders to prepare to use chemical weapons in the event of war. "The very weapons," Bush noted ironically, "the dictator tells the world he does not have."
Bush also recounted the stark links between Saddam and global terrorism, even while the State Department was issuing a worldwide warning to Americans of an increased danger of chemical or biological terrorist attacks. The dots connect.
Saddam believes he can buy time by dribbling out small concessions day by day. Yesterday, he coughed up one scientist for UN arms inspectors to interview. One, out of thousands in his employ. He says he may now allow overflights of U-2 spy planes to check on Iraqi facilities (that is, until the heat is off, whereupon he will likely shoot them down). The world mustn't be tricked. It's all a Saddam sideshow just to stop the clock.
Gestures are cheap. His only option is immediate, complete and unconditional disarmament. But as Bush and Powell have proved to a mathematical certitude, Saddam has not disarmed and he has no intention of disarming - ever. In fact, he is rearming.
Nations like France and Germany might not want to face up to these verities. But, as Bush said, "The game is over. Saddam Hussein will be stopped." The President is willing to seek a new resolution to underscore the Security Council's resolve.
He'd like to have - and he deserves - the UN's support, but he's prepared to go it alone. That shouldn't be necessary, though. Britain is behind the U.S. So, too, is a majority of our European allies. Even several Arab states have decided to side with America.
If the UN cannot face up to the danger posed by Saddam Hussein, it might as well pack it in. The UN stands for the rule of law, or it stands for nothing at all.
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While the Right Wing in America takes a sober look at the threat potential for loss, the Left Wing continues to obstruct, deny, and resist, threatening the entire enterprise.
The Left Wing of the Shuttle brought down the entire ship - shall we let it do so for our entire country?
WOW good brain cells....Pings !
NO!!!!
I'm tired of seeing this "go it alone" BS! What, is having the Froggies and the Germs with us makes it multilateral-- total BS!
The last time I looked, we had dozens of countries that supports us.
KA-BOOOOOOOM!!! Need to shrink that quote down to tagline length...MUD
"Going to war without France, is like going deer hunting witout an acordian.
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