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

To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (18035)3/9/2003 12:02:59 PM
From: BubbaFred  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 25898
 
"..the United States had a ``strong chance'' of getting nine or 10 states in the 15-member Council.."

Diplomacy Intensifies Ahead of U.N. Vote on Iraq War Approval
By REUTERS

Filed at 11:43 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The diplomatic battle dividing the West intensified on Sunday as each side tried to woo wavering Security Council members into its camp before a U.N. vote on war in Iraq.

Secretary of State Colin Powell said the United States had a ``strong chance'' of getting nine or 10 states in the 15-member Council to vote for a U.S.-backed draft resolution setting a March 17 deadline for Iraq to disarm.

nytimes.com



To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (18035)3/9/2003 7:50:27 PM
From: Machaon  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 25898
 
<< Meanwhile, there's a guy in North Korea who's really creating problems, and the U.S. just sits there and does nothing. Strange. >>

OK. Your call. What would you do about North Korea? Would you hit them with an atomic bomb? Would you invade them?


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