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I read this the
other day:
The warning was plain. Iraq was a breeding ground of terror, an incubator for
al-Qaida and a clear and present danger to “the civilised world”. Tony Blair was
wary of that argument, but George Bush made it the heart of his case. At his
eve-of-war press conference back in March, the president cast the coming attack
as the next step in a story that had begun on September 11 2001. Iraq was
providing “training and safe haven to terrorists, terrorists who would willingly
use weapons of mass destruction against America and other peace-loving
countries”. The irony is that, at the time, this was not true. But it is now.
But now it looks like Bush Jr can’t even clear up his own mess; instead he’s
sending Powell cap-in-hand to the UN to beg for support. It’s all a bit
different to when Powell attended the UN in February:
Powell: My second
purpose today is to provide you with additional information, to share with you
what the United States knows about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction as well as
Iraq’s involvement in terrorism…
Bush Jr (in the UK):
Time is short. This is a chance for the Security Council to show its relevance,
and I believe the Security Council will show its relevance because Saddam
Hussein has not disarmed…
… and all of a sudden the UN is relevant again! But not because of the huge
(and mounting) civilian death toll, or the daily attacks on US troops and
certainly not because of the complete chaos which prevails in Iraq. Powell is
being sent with a begging bowl as Bush Jr can’t find the $$ to clear up his own
mess.
Is there any chance that Bush Jr will extend this new found sense of community
and shared responsibility to those in need within the US; or do they have to
take responsibility for their own predicament?
Scott A
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| Rarebit induced insomnia... Scott, you know the answers already -- this is all rhetorical... Shrub cannot find the dollars because he has doubled the annual national deficit, approx. half of which will be needed to support the occupation. No one (...) (21 years ago, 5-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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