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UN plan to give Saddam 72 hours to leave Baghdad
Sunday Herald ^
| 3/8/03
Posted on 03/08/2003 7:47:00 PM PST by areafiftyone
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To: John Lenin
LOL...good one!
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posted on
03/09/2003 2:24:31 AM PST
by
EternalVigilance
(Peace through Strength---Keep Up the Skeer)
To: dighton; areafiftyone; general_re; MadIvan; Happygal
Meet the least photogenic staff on earth. Also the most smirk-provoking names.
(Numbers 6 and 7 in righthand column).
142
posted on
03/09/2003 2:47:54 AM PST
by
aculeus
To: DontMessWithMyCountry
good idea. Maybe after we liberate Iraq, Iraq will liberate us from the UN.
143
posted on
03/09/2003 3:29:35 AM PST
by
FirstTomato
("We will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends" Martin Luther King)
To: Tuscaloosa Goldfinch
Bill becoming head of the U.N. is a terrible prospect. Even Rush Limbaugh said it was on his radar screen, with a possibility that Hillary might be in the White House. Pres. Bush seems to be working very hard at targeting the UN, showing its irrelevancy to the US. I think its entirely possible that he knows a lot we don't about the Clintons and their plans. The president has refused to criticize them, taking the high road, also realizing that it will just alienate people. But behind the scenes, I believe he is working hard to take care of their platform. Go, President Bush!
144
posted on
03/09/2003 4:44:43 AM PST
by
twigs
To: way-right-of-center
I agree you.
The UN know that GWB is not bluffing or at least the believe he is not bluffing and that's what it's all about, like a good game of poker
As Sun Tzu states, give your enemy a way out, even at the last minute. We do not really want one allied soldier killed in the war if it can be avoided.
However the last thing I would like to see is the UN coming out as if they, the French and Germans stood up to the US and her allies and came out with the best deal.
The UN is corrupt and needs to be disbanded, they are all on Fat Cat salaries even when they are in the poorest countries of the world, driving around in 4 wheel drives, eating in the best restaurants etc. like they own the countries they are in.
Only the threat of force has brought us to this point so quickly, nothing else, and only in a matter of months.
With the UN running the show it would go on for another 11 years and who would take responsiblity for the thousands of deaths at the hands of the Iraqi state, or the possible WMD being given to any and all terrorists organisations, certainlty not the UN or the French or Germans
To: areafiftyone
I can't help but to marvel at the British Office of Strategic Information. They make ours look like pikers.
That having been said, those of you who have 3/14/2003-3/17/2003 in your pools, hang onto your tickets.
146
posted on
03/09/2003 7:10:01 AM PST
by
steveegg
(12 years of inspections + 0 compliance = no peace ... 200,000 troops + 1 W = peace + liberation)
To: spodefly
There is a disconnect between the talk of Saddam murdering and torturing thousands of his citizens, and the talk of his peaceful passage into exile. Would we really let someone so vile happily live out the rest of their lives in some palace bought with the blood money of thousands of innocent torture victims? A similar deal got Idi Amin out of Ethiopia a while back. At least Sadaam didn't eat the people who annoyed him
147
posted on
03/09/2003 7:18:37 AM PST
by
SauronOfMordor
(Heavily armed, easily bored, and off my medication)
To: way-right-of-center
from:
From UNSCOM to UNMOVIC "Iraq pays for UNMOVIC through oil sales via an escrow account (0.8% of oil revenues).
This allows financial control over Iraqi assets for UNMOVIC, and thus gives the United Nations another set of dentures in its dealings with Iraq.
The money from Iraqís oil sales also enables UNMOVIC to employ all of its staff, inspectors and technical experts on United Nations contracts (one-year or sixmonth duration). In so doing, 1284 deals with one of the main criticisms of UNSCOM, that staff were paid for by their governments and thus may have felt beholden to their individual governments rather than to the United Nations. This criticism was refuted by many involved in UNSCOM but the worry still persisted.
Directly employing UNSCOM staff allows the United Nations to impose its rules on employee loyalty and significantly Article 100 of the United Nations Charter, which instructs staff not to seek or receive instructions from any government or from any other authority and charges Member States not to seek to influence staff in the discharge of their responsibilities."
If the US liberates Iraq, the funding for UNMOVIC goes away, and so does the lifestyles of all involved. They have to go back to begging for money. That is why they do not want the situation changed. They will do everything in their power to maintain the status quo. If the sanctions are lifted as Iraq is now asking for, the same thing occurs. So they will fight for that not to happen too.
Follow the money!!
To: areafiftyone
surrender or the UN will disarm him with the US. making the UN even stronger that is the plan!
149
posted on
03/09/2003 7:48:47 AM PST
by
TLBSHOW
(God Speed as Angels trending upward dare to fly Tribute to the Risk Takers)
To: marajade
What I don't get is why would Pakistan table it? I thought they were our friend?As another Freeper explained the other day, the verb "table" has opposite meanings in the U.S. and England. Over there, to "table" a proposal means to put it forth, as in "put it on the table". Here, "table" means to withdraw. You have to check the source of the article to figure out which one applies. The Herald is in England.
To: Steve0113
Thanks... I didn't know...
To: areafiftyone
Something to sell a few weekend papers.
Not credible.
To: AFPhys
Obviously, N.K. is very problematic right now for the administration. But, does anyone doubt that Iran (and possibly Syria) is an ultimate target of this strategy? In which case, the occupation of Iraq is a valuable staging area.
To: marajade
<> If this has already been answered, sorry for the repeat. "Tabled" in the UK means to propose the legislation, not nix it. Pakistan is the country that will nominate the idea to the SC.
To: areafiftyone; *war_list; W.O.T.; 11th_VA; Libertarianize the GOP; Free the USA; knak; MadIvan; ...
Anyone who apposes military force to overthrow the Iraqi Dictatorship, supports the above atrocities by proxy.
155
posted on
03/09/2003 10:01:27 AM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The voices of the 30s are echoing through 2003 - Alistair Cooke)
To: areafiftyone
I haven't heard anything about this proposal on the Sunday morning shows.
To: aristeides
Its probably false.
157
posted on
03/09/2003 10:02:43 AM PST
by
areafiftyone
(The U.N. is now officially irrelevant! The building is for Sale!!!)
To: areafiftyone
Saddam, like Bill Clinton, is a coward. Cowards tend to destroy anything they touch while in power, but personally are afraid for their lives and legacy. Men of honour, normally take chances and let the chips fall where they may, hoping that history is kind. Those of the ilk of Saddam will always miscalculate.
158
posted on
03/09/2003 10:32:21 AM PST
by
Jumper
To: ParadigmLost
well, that says it all my friend
159
posted on
03/09/2003 10:46:23 AM PST
by
way-right-of-center
(I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat.-- Will Rogers)
To: areafiftyone
Pope John Paul II has dispatched his emissaries to meet all the key parties during the past two weeks. His special envoy and per manent observer at the UN, Archbishop Renato Rafaele Martino, has been discussing the proposal with all the Security Council members. Didn't the Vatican do the same thing for the Nazis? They are supposed to have ferreted numerous Nazi criminals out to safe haven to protect them from the big bad Allies.
Becki
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posted on
03/09/2003 10:47:40 AM PST
by
Becki
(Pray continually for our leaders and our troops!)
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