February 8, 2003 ... Breaking news: France and Germany, with the support of the Vatican, may introduce a plan to triple the number of United Nations inspectors in Iraq, and have those inspectors supported by UN troops inside Iraq. This plan, developed without consulting the U.S. government, appears intended to avert an offensive attack by the United States and United Kingdom against Iraq ... http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/article.asp?id=373
******************************************** ******************************************** Kate, the article later states: "The magazine said the initiative could help Schroeder out of the corner he seemed to have backed himself into over Iraq, risking international isolation if he sticks to his anti-war stance but political suicide at home if he changes course. He could sell the proposal as a last-ditch bid to avert war, allowing him to swing behind any military action if Baghdad failed to go along with the plan, it said." I hope this works and war is adverted, but it reminds me of an episode of Ellen I watched. Ellen walks up to an elevator and presses the button. A man walks up after her and also presses the button. Other people come up one at a time and each press the button. Meanwhile Ellen is having a conversation in her head about all the people thinking no one else had pressed the button, and why would they keep pressing the button. Others have tried the inspections, including the US, this is a way for him (Schroeder) to get on board and save face in his country. That said, what I'm hoping will happen is Saddam will see this as his way out, allow the inspections, and say see the US is a bully. I'll take that if war can be avoided, the old sticks and stone thing. Kasey Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com
