maybe I missed something but didnt the UN voted AGAINST this? Ben Braver writes:
> Continuing the metaphor, how 'bout when the police have a warrant to arrest > someone for a felony, and some of the officers say they need time to gather > more evidence? > > At 02:33 PM 3/21/03 +0000, you wrote: > >The UNSC is the police in that metaphor, and in a way that's exactly > >what they are supposed to be. > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Haggerty, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: 21 March 2003 14:26 > >To: CF-Community > >Subject: RE: Prime Minister's Address to the Nation... > > > > > >Since when are we the police? > > > >Not that I'm taking Saddam's side, that's just a bad metaphor. > > > >M > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Craig Dudley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 5:01 AM > >To: CF-Community > >Subject: RE: Prime Minister's Address to the Nation... > > > > > >I can't believe what I'm reading, do you seriously mean that or are you > >winding me up????? > > > >If you're holding a gun and waving it about, and some big police man > >tells you to put it down while pointing his bigger gun at you, do you > >keep hold of your gun so you can fight back? Or do you do as you're told > >and put it down? Anyone with any sense puts his gun down right? > > > >Scuds are banned under several UNSC resolutions, he said he'd destroyed > >them and didn't have any left etc etc, clearly that's utter bs as he's > >fired around 10 into Kuwait in the last few days. If he's lied about > >Scuds, what else is he lying about? Probably an awful lot, and you see > >that as 'Hardly likely to be a big problem', wtf??? Are you on crack > >this morning Will? > > > >Don't get me wrong, war is horrific and I'm seriously concerned about > >the timing of the action, perhaps in a few months after the weapons > >inspectors realised for sure that Saddam was lying, the whole > >international community would have been behind it, but there is no doubt > >in my mind that sooner or later this was necessary. > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Will Swain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: 21 March 2003 09:42 > >To: CF-Community > >Subject: RE: Prime Minister's Address to the Nation... > > > > > >Not really. I find it incredible that anyone seriously thought he would > >disarm. Would you, with an aggresive force sitting on your doorstep? > >That's like saying, how far do you want me to bend over. > > > >So he has a few scuds? Hardly likely to be a big problem, and lets be > >honest, if we weren't invading him we'd never know about them..... > > > >will > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Craig Dudley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: 21 March 2003 09:34 > >To: CF-Community > >Subject: RE: Prime Minister's Address to the Nation... > > > > > >Hmm, that wasn't the point was it? > > > >Point is, he's using weapons only hours bfore he swore he didn't have, > >extra proof of what kind of man he is, or was (hopefully), and of why he > >needs to be dealt with. > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Will Swain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: 21 March 2003 09:32 > >To: CF-Community > >Subject: RE: Prime Minister's Address to the Nation... > > > > > >Nope....you don't kick a dog and then complain when it bites you. > > > >will > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Craig Dudley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: 21 March 2003 09:09 > >To: CF-Community > >Subject: RE: Prime Minister's Address to the Nation... > > > > > >Has your opinion now changed at all since Saddam has used 'banned' scud > >missiles that he promised he didn't have? > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Stephen Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: 21 March 2003 02:27 > >To: CF-Community > >Subject: Re: Prime Minister's Address to the Nation... > > > > > >Candace, et al. > > > >Our Prime Minister is a horrible, xenophobic man whose driving policy > >dictate is to be as sycophantic as possible to his masters in the White > >House. Popular support for a war on Iraq without explicit, non-vetoed UN > >approval is virtually non-existent here, and through his actions, PM > >Howard has made Australia an aggressor rogue state, and therefore no > >better than the despotic regime in Iraq itself. Today, I am ashamed to > >be an Australian. I am ashamed for Australia, the US and the UK. I can > >only hope that the full force of UN sanctions and International Criminal > >Court charges are brought heavily upon those in power here and in other > >countries who are a part of the so-called "coalition of the willing". > > > >Not this war > >Not in my name > >Not without UNSC approval > > > >Steve Collins (www.stephencollins.org) > >-- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. 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