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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Just_Observing who wrote (3671)	1/25/2003 10:41:05 AM
From: DebtBomb	Respond to of 25898

Key Developments Concerning Iraq 21 minutes ago By The Associated Press Developments in the Iraq crisis. _ Two men ? one carrying three knives, the other a notebook and shouting "Save me!" ? tried to enter the U.N. inspectors' Baghdad compound in separate incidents Saturday, but were apprehended and turned over to Iraqi authorities. _ An Iraqi appeared Saturday morning for an apparent interview with U.N. arms inspectors, after Iraqi officials urged three scientists to submit to questioning at the United Nations (news - web sites)' request. _ At an international forum in Switzerland, Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites ) warned other countries Saturday that they cannot shrink from their responsibility to disarm Iraq by force if necessary just because "the going is getting tough." _ The head of the U.N. nuclear agency says he will tell the Security Council on Monday that Saddam Hussein (news - web sites ) has done a "quite satisfactory" job of cooperating with inspectors in some areas but that they need more time to complete their search. _ The FBI (news - web sites ) is questioning as many as 50,000 Iraqis living in the United States in a search for potential terrorist cells, spies or people who might provide information helpful to a U.S. war effort. _ American warplanes bombed an Iraqi air defense site Friday, the 12th strike in the southern flight interdiction zone this month, military officials said.

To: Just_Observing who wrote (3671)	1/25/2003 10:46:01 AM
From: Ed Huang	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25898

>>The US claims to have 12 allies who remain nameless.<< Even the 12 "allies" among the 193 countries are mostly less than half-hearted.

To: Just_Observing who wrote (3671)	1/25/2003 10:50:25 AM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25898

Good point, Just Observing! And it's not as if the US doesn't the power, influence and wealth to line up lots of nations for what can only be construed as a major action. That fact so little support exists for what Bush is trying to do is pitiful. Pitiful not so much as the support doesn't exist--after all, there's good reason for it not to be there--but pitiful that Bush presses on. As I understand it, he's got Britian (which actually wants UN backing); Australia (which actually wants UN backing) and the Eastern European countries. That's it! Ironic, his Coalition of the [K]Willing comes from the Eastern European nations. And it's this fact that has Rumsfeld hung up on a notion of "old Europe." If this gang keeps it up in a manner in which it becomes widely perceived they can't shoot straight, there will be a new Europe and one less reliant on America. How's that gonna grab the US economy? IMPEACH BUSH NOW--WHY WAIT!?!