To: Sir Gawain
The motto of the UN is "dither, delay, debate, dither some more, obfuscate, delay, debate, dither, delay, debate, dither, delay, debate, dither, delay, debate, dither, delay, debate".
I would compare the UN to the League of Nations, but that would be unfair to the League. The UN is nothing more than a rotten worthless building filled with roten, worthless excuses for human beings. The greatest contribution to humanity the UN could make would be to disband itself.
US OUT OF THE UN!
UN OUT OF THE US!
2 posted on
03/14/2003 9:20:33 AM PST by
Billy_bob_bob
("He who will not reason is a bigot;He who cannot is a fool;He who dares not is a slave." W. Drummond)
To: Sir Gawain
Send the bill for the containment troops to Paris.
3 posted on
03/14/2003 9:21:43 AM PST by
RightWhale
(Theorems link concepts: Proofs establish links)
To: Sir Gawain
I wish I had a counter to this article but I don't!
Enough is enough and Powell and his diplomacy at the United Nations can take a hike!
Time to quit having our foreign policy held hostage by the likes of France and the 6 countries that together couldn't equal the firepower of the military right here in Oklahoma with Fort Still, Altus, Tinker, and Vance AFBs not to mention our National Guard and Reserves.
4 posted on
03/14/2003 9:22:16 AM PST by
PhiKapMom
(Get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US)
To: Sir Gawain
This article missed the primary point - we couldn't have attacked until recently anyway. IMO the actual make/break decision regarding invasion was made after Blix's initial report to the U.N., and we have been building up forces ever since. The waffling of Turkey caused an additional delay, but now things are just about in place. What goes down in the U.N. has just been window dressing for some time.
5 posted on
03/14/2003 9:22:47 AM PST by
dirtboy
(The Pentagon thinks they can create TIA when they can't even keep track of their own contractors)
To: Sir Gawain
We have spent the last six months getting an army in place....It is now ready to go...once the trigger is pulled no one will be bitching about how long it took
6 posted on
03/14/2003 9:25:14 AM PST by
woofie
To: Sir Gawain
After thinking more on the situation
IMHO
Actually going to the UN probably didn't change anything
It was going to take months to build up the men - and supplies and France- Germany and whoever would have been raising hell on the diplomatic level anyway and then the Turkley problem would still have occurred
The UN is just the world stage for all the BS
Britain's anti Blair politicians would have clamored to get the UN involved etc etc etc
So we are where we are and I think would have been there anyway
All this UN BS got everybody's cards on the table
13 posted on
03/14/2003 9:46:15 AM PST by
uncbob
( building tomorrow)
To: Sir Gawain; Badabing Badaboom; Allan; Mitchell; bonfire; birdwoman; Fred Mertz
D'uh, if anybody hasn't noticed by now, Bush isn't in any hurry to take on Saddam Hussein. Considering that Bush concluded 18 months ago that Saddam authored the attacks on the WTC and the Pentagon (read the "authorized version" of the post-9/11 campaign, Bob Woodward's Bush at War), that is a very interesting fact. What could possibly be deterring Bush from naming names and retaliating against our attacker? Hmm, what could it be? What could it be? Thinking caps on, people!
18 posted on
03/14/2003 10:05:12 AM PST by
The Great Satan
(Revenge, Terror and Extortion: A Guide for the Perplexed)
To: Sir Gawain
I am starting to think there will be no war.
To: Sir Gawain
The U.N. Security Council met his first deadline by passing Resolution 1441 in 57 days, but the world body has dragged its feet over the following 125 days, with Mr. Bush accepting repeated extensions and modifications to a second resolution he says he doesn't even need.
Also Congress gave Bush the power to go to war with Iraq several months ago.
This whole fiasco is reminiscing of those end-of-the-world movements in the US, that keep moving up the date for the Christ's return and Armageddon.
The president can learn a few things from the Millerite movement in the 19th century and the Jehovahs Witnesses in the 20th century.
After moving up the dates several times, eventually these people decided that Christ had returned invisibly.
I guess President Bush can tell us that Iraq was invaded invisibly, and all the weapons of mass destruction were destroyed
To: All
GET US OUT OF THE UN MR PRESIDENT
56 posted on
03/14/2003 11:17:29 AM PST by
TLBSHOW
(The gift is to see the truth......)
Is the author of this piece (specifically the title) suggesting that we had our military set in place ready to roll 6 months ago?
To: Sir Gawain
The military has been ready to go for one month. Every day Bush delays gives Hussein another day to prepare booby traps and dirty tricks. While Bush runs off for more talking at a luxury resort, the troops do more sitting in desert sand storms, and they will certainly face increased risks when Bush finally abandons (if he ever does) the misguided Powell induced UN quagmire.
Having despised Bill Clinton, I can only say that watching Bush on tv today not answering one question about his backtracking on the 3/17 "deadline" or on his vow that all nations must vote to "show their cards," puts him squarely in the Clinton mold.
It's past the time freepers started calling for a real conservative replacement candidate for 2004!
126 posted on
03/14/2003 12:47:30 PM PST by
BJR
To: Sir Gawain
Bump.
127 posted on
03/14/2003 12:47:44 PM PST by
k2blader
(Please do not feed the Tag Lion. ®oar.)
To: Sir Gawain
GHWB: "Read my lips, I will not raise taxes." ....He then proceeded to raise taxes, and very well could've launched Clinton's eight year Prez run because of it.
GWB: "It'll be days and weeks, not months and years." ....Well, it's been many months already. And if he doesn't see this thing through, and pronto, he'll also be looking at one-term.
Message to Bush: Let's freakin' roll.
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