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To: LindyBill who wrote (74189)2/15/2003 7:36:08 AM
From: Elsewhere  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
But the point is the Germans and the French refuse to allow it to happen under the terms of the NATO agreement.

The formal NATO decision will come within 2, 3 days. You know, everybody told Schröder that it was wrong to say "no" to an Iraq invasion even before Blix submitted his report to the UNSC. Now he has learned his lesson and has waited for yesterday's report before committing to a final decision :-)



To: LindyBill who wrote (74189)2/15/2003 9:11:14 AM
From: KonKilo  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Robert Fisk...quite a tirade...but the first paragraph reflects my feelings well this morning.

DISCLAIMER: Content to offend most everyone; includes use of the adjective meretricious .

argument.independent.co.uk

In the end, I think we are just tired of being lied to. Tired of being talked down to, of being bombarded with Second World War jingoism and scare stories and false information and student essays dressed up as "intelligence". We are sick of being insulted by little men...