Iraq demands lifting of sanctions after Blix report

Reuters | 3/08/03

[CroftonFreeper]

This is excellent. Emboldened by the axis of weasles. Polish up them MOABS...Happy St.Patty's day Saddam.

[Petronski]

[Petronski]

[DoctorMichael]

President Saddam Hussein called on the U.N. Security Council on Saturday to lift 12 years of sanctions against Iraq, declaring Baghdad had met its disarmament commitments.

Oh yea. Go ahead.........push your luck.

[ClancyJ]

Are we watching a staged performance here by Saddam, inspectors and the 3 U.N. member nations that themselves violated U.N. sanctions?

If Saddam is considered in violation of U.N. mandates, what about France, Germany and Russia as members of the U.N. who ignored the sanctions and supplied Saddam with weapons, parts, and anything he wanted to build his arsenal? They too are in violation of the U.N.

Yet, if Saddam is painted as complying and, if complying, there is no further need of sanctions, they whitewash the whole mess (at America's expense of course).

Maybe we are seeing cards being played by Saddam to require them to play his game - otherwise their abuse of the U.N. directives will be made public.

--Saddam is given sanctions and resolution after resolution after the Gulf War. Yet, the French, Germans and Russia are contacted and "bought" to supply the needed items for him to continue building his arsenal.

All is well until George Bush looks at this after 9/11 and says - "wait a minute". He innocently tightens the screws on Saddam and out run some unexpected roaches. These roaches had been his allies.

Now, the roaches have to change the whole scenario to cover their own profitable sabotage of U.N. directives. Gone are the relationships with America and in its place they become the dupes of Saddam. Exposed is the total worthlessness of the U.N. whose own members of the Security Council consort with their designated "abusers of mankind" for profit.

Germany, France and Russia undermined the U.N. themselves when they chose to uphold U.N. sanctions while under-the-table milk the source for profit.

[DugwayDuke]

This only proves the futility of relying upon sanctions to "keep Saddam in a box". Can there be any doubt that the sanctions would last about as long as a snowball in hell if the US backs down?

But, I welcome this statement. It only demonstrates that Saddam is one hell of a public relations buffoon who continually overplays his hand. I predict Ramsey Clark will be on TV by dusk supporting these demands.

[jrlc]

The world doesn't quite get it yet -- THERE'S A NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN.

[t4texas]

In a related story, Saddam also demanded that the UN give back Kuwait and recontruct the Hanging Gardens. The US responded, "Did he say the hanging gallows? Well okay!"

[Alas Babylon!]

Exactly. Just when the French, Germans, and Russians were stiffening their opposition to an American-led war on Saddam, he comes up with this. This actually pulls the rug out from under their feet and the claim that "inspections are working" and plays right into our hands that Saddam will never disarm. Everyone needs to press home these statements of Saddam, especially to the anti-Bush (so called anti-war) types and Democrats. Ask them if this sounds like a man who can be "contained"? Ask them if this sounds like a man who is complying with the whole world's demand that he disarm?

[tomahawk]

France is the arsenal of Islamofascism. France is a hostile state.

[PogySailor]

Well, Saddam has the UN pegged. After Blix gave him a warm review and the gang of 4 (France, Germany, Russia and China) promising to block further action, I'm sure he was pleased. I expect more of this if the UN blinks next week. I wouldn't be surprised to see France bring a resolution to lift all sanctions.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Hans Blix is your protype UN-O-Weenie who has a general dislike for the US because we don't automatically join their little pitty parties on issues like global warming, AIDS money for Africa, and all the other "one world order" gatherings they hold to see how much taxpayer money they can extort from us. He did his job yesterday. He gave cover for the factions that don't want to see a liberated Iraq for fear that their associations with Saddam over the years will prove embarrasing and/or complicit. He also took a swipe at America by saying it will take "months not weeks" to finish his job as dupe for Saddam.

[mombonn]

I don't know which of these creeps I hate more - blix or saddam.

[Mr. K]

This coud backfire on him (I hope) - Now the UN has to say "Ummm..NO we can't lift sanctions because you are not in compliance" in which case...BLAMMO

Unless the UN proves (once again) its stupitidy and lifts them. In which case we should toos them out of the US.

WH ARE WE BOTHERING WITH THE UN ANYWAY??? ARE THEY A GOVERNING BODY???

[Howlin]

I wonder how Blix feels when he reads this. "Used" would be the first word that came to my mind.

I literally live for the press conference where Blix has to explain why he never found any of the stuff the military is going to find.

[DugwayDuke]

I don't know if you saw France's foreign minister, de Villi-something or other, appearance on TV following his statement to the UN yesterday. Most news clips have focused on a relatively uninteresting part. He went on to say that this argument was really about whether the UN would rule the world or if the US would be unchecked.

There's been a lot of talk about French motivations, oil contracts, coverups, etc. But this frenchie actually said that France wants to ensure the US is subordinate to the UN. IOW, we would have to get french approval for any action. France knows full well the type of man they are protecting.

[xzins]

All is well until George Bush looks at this after 9/11 and says - "wait a minute". He innocently tightens the screws on Saddam and out run some unexpected roaches. These roaches had been his allies.

Good line. Good thought.

[Polybius]

...France's foreign minister,..... appearance on TV following his statement to the UN yesterday..... went on to say that this argument was really about whether the UN would rule the world or if the US would be unchecked.

That is what it's all about for France.

If the "U.N. rules the world" and France has a veto at the U.N. Security Council, that allows that washed-up, former player on the world stage to strut around claiming, "Le Monde cest la France".

[A_Niceguy_in_CA]

"To denounce the United States and Britain... and strip Israel of its alleged weapons of mass destruction and force it to pull out of "Palestine and occupied Arab land".

This is the goal of most of the member nations that make up the entire UN Assembly.

I'd visit Manhattan to see a New Yankee Stadium on the land now occupied by the UN, and I'm not a Yankee fan.

[ClancyJ]

This coud backfire on him (I hope) - Now the UN has to say "Ummm..NO we can't lift sanctions because you are not in compliance" in which case...BLAMMO

How can it backfire if Russia/France/Germany have been supplying him weapons materials in violation of their own sanctions. Russia/France themselves are on the Security Council that put in place these sanctions and they are the ones breaking the sanctions to give Saddam what he wants.