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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (81228)	3/11/2003 2:08:47 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

US and UK diverging But the interests of Washington and London are now diverging. While Tony Blair would be put into great domestic difficulty by a failure of the resolution and even more by a failure even to muster nine votes, President Bush is likely to seize the opportunity of attacking the United Nations and rallying Americans with a call to patriotism and an attempt to assume the leadership which in theory lies with the Council. This process is already underway. The White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said: "If the United Nations fails to act, that means the United Nations will not be the international body that disarms Saddam Hussein." He drew comparisons with the Balkans and Rwanda, where the UN either played no role or stood helpless. He added: "The people of Iraq will know who to thank." The scene is set for American contempt for the UN to grow at the same time as resentment of American power by opponents of war. news.bbc.co.uk CNBC just said that Labor MPs are calling for a party conference on Blair's leadership, and telling him that, "support for the UN is more important than your career."

To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (81228)	3/11/2003 2:18:42 PM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

"We seem determined to burn all our bridges." Who is burning those bridges jacob? Actually its the french who are throwing out 200 years of friendship with the US, including winning WW1, living with the french solution to the german problem re: treaty of versailles(the chief cause of the rise of hitler), the liberation from the hitler they created, and the protection of them from the soviets. Now they have to choose between the US and Saddam and they fecklessly use the UN to choose saddam. And what is that all about--appeasement of the terrorists, the fear that a war might subject them to a 9/11. So what to do, risk the lives of american troops in the desert and US taxpayer expense while promoting inspections that will fail. What a joke. You may be protected from all this in your Arctic wilderness but for me here on wall st, i live with the threat each and every day. Mike