--- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At > > http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/home/main100.shtml > > we see the report that "Saddam Hussein denied his > al-Samoud 2 missiles > violated U.N. mandates and indicated he will resist > demands to destroy > them." If he does, then that will change the > chances for the US resolution > passing the Security Council tremendously. My guess > is that he'll agree at > the very last, most dramatic moment, but we can hope > that GWB needs to > practice his very best penmanship. > > Dan M.
Will it, though? If you believe that France and Germany are being entirely insincere in their opposition to war on Saddam - a reasonable conclusion, although not necessarily one I agree with - then this will mean nothing. Saddam could do anything short of publicly declaring his intention to nuke Paris and they would oppose the resolution. In a sense this is interesting in a second way. If Saddam does overplay his hand - something he is wont to do - then this becomes a test of France and Germany. Are they acting the way that they have been because they are opportunistic, and see a chance (however small) to realign the global power structure behind a Franco-German Axis - in which case they will continue to oppose the resolution - or are they genuinely simply unwilling to use force even to support UN resolutions, and thus have simply been dragging the US through hoops as a fairly cynical delaying tactic? Gautam __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
