Hi Nadine Carroll; Re: "Your model said all the allies opposed a US move on Iraq -- their diplomats all said so repeatedly, after all -- and they wouldn't grant us bases. Mine said they were really afraid of the wrath of Saddam if we backed out, and they would opposed us publicly up 'til the moment they saw we were serious, when we would suddenly acquire a lot of new best buddies and all the bases we wanted. Lo and behold, we have bases in Turkey, Jordan, Kuwait, Qattar, and even Saudi Arabia and Iran(!) are signing on."
This is an interesting concept, given that those bases all date to long before the WTC. More importantly, they all have repeatedly publicly stated that they will allow no unilateral attacks on Iraq from their territory. Some of them are willing to be a part of a UN attack, but then again, they also are in contact with various members of the UN security council with veto power, so that may not mean very much, LOL.
-- Carl |
