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To: Alighieri who wrote (150561)	8/28/2002 12:50:05 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1588839

Saudi Arabia, a key U.S. ally in the region, on Wednesday repeated its opposition to a military attack on Iraq, saying Washington should insist on a return of weapons inspectors. In an interview with the British Broadcasting Corp., Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said: "Attacking the Iraqi people will force them into backing their government." Al, at least the Saudis admit that Sodom is worthless. With key allies balking at a possible U.S. attack on Iraq, Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage stumped for support in Japan on Wednesday and indicated Washington was just getting started on building a coalition against Baghdad. Just getting started? Lets hope this is all part of an elaborate game fric and frac have cooked up and not an example of the current administration's ineptness. Armitage declined to say how many nations back Washington's push for toppling Saddam. "I don't think I'd care to give a laundry list because I don't think we've choosed sides yet on the question of who would do what," Armitage told a news conference wrapping up a five-nation Asia tour in Tokyo. Why is Armitage's answer not a surprise? The reporter who asked this question must like to start trouble! <g> In Britain, the main U.S. ally, Prime Minister Tony Blair ( news - web sites) and other officials have repeatedly said it is too early to make a decision about whether to participate in such an attack. Blair has been notably silent. Parliament has forced him pull back. The British people are opposed to any invasion of Iraq. This has been handled so poorly. If you wanted to bluff and threaten Sodom into behaving, Bush and his cronies should have had everyone lined up in some kind of coalition of support. But they didn't want to do the work.......dropping bombs in so much more fun. So Cheney had to come out on Monday and fire up the troops. However, it looks like its back firing. I have to tell you something funny........on Monday, the news anchor reporting on Cheney's speech started out by saying, "And we thought Cheney had moved out of the country!". I fell over laughing. Where do you think Cheney goes all these weeks when he's not around? After all, I think the president should be more visible. <g> ted