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AVCBQUIV0?xml=/news/2002/02/12/wterr12.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/02/12/ixworld.htm l WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Thatcher urges Bush to 'finish business of Iraq' By Toby Harnden in Washington (Filed: 12/02/2002) LADY Thatcher praised President Bush's leadership yesterday and called for the war on terrorism to focus on the "unfinished business" of Iraq. The former Prime Minister used an article in the New York Times to back vigorously the policy outlined in Mr Bush's State of the Union speech. Describing Saddam Hussein as "the most notorious rogue", Lady Thatcher said: "How and when, not whether, to remove him are the only important questions." She urged Britain to "extend strong support" to Mr Bush. Lady Thatcher compared the threat of Muslim fundamentalism to that of communism. "Islamic extremism today, like Bolshevism in the past, is an armed doctrine. "It is an aggressive ideology promoted by fanatical, well-armed devotees. And, like communism, it requires an all-embracing long-term strategy to defeat it." She identified the second phase of the war against terrorism as involving strikes against centres of Islamic terror groups in Africa and South-East Asia, presumably references to Somalia and the Philippines. A third phase, she argued, should deal with Mr Bush's "axis of evil" - Iran, Iraq and North Korea - and other states. These included Syria, which she described as an enemy of Western values; Libya, which "still hates the West", and Sudan, which "undertakes genocide against its own citizens in the name of Islam". Lady Thatcher was critical of Western policy on global terrorist networks. "We have harboured those who hated us, tolerated those who threatened us and indulged those who weakened us." She used the words of the poet Milton to describe America after September 11 as like "a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep". America should resist being drawn into peacekeeping and "nation-building" efforts because "it is best that the United States, as the only global military superpower, deploy its energies militarily rather than on social work". Lady Thatcher, who had a close friendship with Ronald Reagan but relatively cool relations with George Bush Snr, indicated that the present president had won her esteem in a way that his father failed to do. The West needed to strengthen its resolve, she concluded. "The good news is that America has a president who can offer the leadership necessary to do so." *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! Write to same address to be off lists! <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
