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Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend....
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To: Sully- who wrote (2726)6/8/2004 3:10:50 PM
From: Sully-   of 35834
 
French 'spoilers' at work again
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Once again France is playing the role of spoiler at the United Nations, which is dealing with a resolution on the return of political power to a representative Iraqi government. Regardless of the fact that the new Iraq government has said explicitly that it does not want veto power over the military operations of U.S.-led forces that will remain in Iraq after sovereignty is handed over June 30, France wants precisely such a provision written into the resolution. Whether or not this is posturing or pure mischief making, French diplomacy cannot be allowed to paralyze the Security Council as it did when the United States and its allies sought U.N. backing to topple Saddam Hussein.

France is acting against the wishes of the new Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, who has told the U.N. Security Council in a letter that he wants the U.S. and coalition troops to stay "until we are able to provide security for ourselves." In his first televised address to the Iraqi people last week, Mr. Allawi thanked the United States and its allies for liberating the country from Saddam and called for an end to attacks on the coalition forces.

If they were forced to leave, he said it "could inflict a major disaster on Iraq, especially before the completion of the building of security and military institutions." He went on to praise the U.S. and other foreign troops and reminded Iraqis that the nations that sent forces to free Iraq "have offered up the blood of their sons."

Mr. Allawi told the Security Council that an organization will be set up to "co-ordinate [with the multinational force] on all security policy and operations issues." U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell has also told the council, in a letter, that there will be full cooperation with the Iraqi government "on the full range of fundamental security and policy issues, including sensitive offensive operations."

This arrangement is more than satisfactory to the new Iraqi government and meets the all-important requirement by Washington that U.S. and other coalition forces are able to defend themselves. This is one diplomatic battle that, surely, France cannot -- and must not -- win.
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