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To: quehubo who wrote (75028)	2/17/2003 9:42:14 PM
From: Condor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Your country has sided with the wrong ally, your country will regret it. They haven't sided with Iraq as I see it. They don't agree that a war is required at this point. Many, many US citizens agree and they haven't allied with Iraq. This is different, in the cold war our citizens were not getting slaughtered. Iraq has not slaughtered your citizens, Al Quaeda has. Make a case but at least deal in facts.

To: quehubo who wrote (75028)	2/17/2003 9:42:28 PM
From: Elsewhere	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 281500

So far there has only been a division in words, not in deeds. All 15 members of the UN Security Council have passed UNSCR 1441. NATO has agreed to prepare planning for the defense of Turkey. And the EU, incl. France and Germany, has passed a common declaration today containing the sentence "Force should be used only as a last resort." I am waiting for the first pundit to recognize that this means Schroeder won't exclude an agreement to a second Iraq resolution anymore. Yes, some harsh words have been exchanged. But it is like acquiring a real estate object or some other expensive item where some people try to get a better price by badmouthing the object. Ugly, but sometimes such a negotiation strategy works.