Azores Press Conference LIVE THREAD

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[Amelia]

For discussion.

[kaylar]

And for those who may not be familiar with it, the Yahoo! site has a RT chat room, too, as well as a BB.

[Fractal Trader]

The pressure is already mounting. Hope the added firepower on the server will see us through the upcoming crisis:

[swheats]

He's lying and trying to marginalize the meeting today of the Big3. His credibility is shot.

[mware]

Blix was not listening to the President at the summit. He did set a time limit.

[Dolphy]

I think he has a PhD in Stupid:)

[cyncooper]

Adding John Howard.

Blix says he did not hear an ultimatum at the conference.

Helllloooooooooo, Hans. Anybody home?

[Cboldt]

Listening to Blix now -- he is describing differences between Bush and Blair's statments, as well as "indefinite deadlines, indefinite actions" in each leader's speech. I.e., that it would take a shorter amount of time to indicate assent to disarm than it would be to carry out all of the weapon destruction activities.

Making comments about hour-by-hour.

Didn't hear any ultimatum as to 24 hours, to Saddam. (I heard it! even if Blix didn't)

[hispanarepublicana]

Blix didn't see an ultimatum in the summit press conference. LATEST REPORT READY TOMORROW!!!!!

[LayoutGuru2]

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Will the war with Iraq begin before the end of the day (Washington D.C. time) March 17th, 2003?

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[swheats]

thanks

[Torie]

You may be right, but Blair is one of the most articulate and persuasive politicians I have ever had the pleasure to listen to. He made the case at the summit much more clearly than Bush.

As an aside, that poor idiot Sen Roberts of Kansas on CNN allowed himself to get beaten up by Harry Reid because he didn't even know that the French proposal to give team Blix and Saddam another month and no war declaration at the end of it if there was failure to comply. The penalty for failing to comply would be another chat session at SC with France on record that it would never allow the SC to vote for war. Pathetic really. Frist should keep Roberts off the air.

[nuancey]

Meek, How's the scuba diving in the Azores?

[Diddle E. Squat]

Deport, you're such an altruist...

Hey MM, are your ears burning?

[KickRightRudder]

Can yoou possibly send me the file? When I heard BHOTRepublic at the memorial service, I wept it was so stirring. I'd be grafeful if its possible for you.

[Sprite518]

Bill Krystal is a conservative, and not a Liberal behind Bush on the war. He writes many conservative publications, and is big supporter of GWB.

[LisaFab]

Bubba is going to be the only ex-president buried in an unmarked grave.

Gee I hope not! It is my byfriend's goal in life to outlive the i42 and p**s on his grave. He is joined by many FReepers in this lifelong quest.

[Carolinamom]

Blix expects the inspectors to be out in the field tomorrow!

[Green]

Blix didn't see an ultimatum in the summit press conference.

If he missed something so obviously said in a news conference, not once but several times, it is absolutely no wonder he can't seem to make any use of the intelligence reports he has been given to assist him. Good heavens, he probably didn't even understand what they said!!!

[OldFriend]

MSNBC's man in Iraq is Peter Arnet.......that's all we really need to know.