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To: tejek who wrote (163969)	3/11/2003 6:53:07 PM
From: Joe NYC	Respond to of 1573813

Ted, I keep forgetting the US needs to get the 9 votes to override a veto. That would not be an override in the strict sense, just in a moral sense (for Blair's domestic consumption). He can claim that the resolution reached required majority, and didn't pass only because of an irresponsible veto. That would be enough for Blair. But why do you think Russia wouldn't veto? I think because they are more serious than France, and I think there is (or should be) and unwritten partnership between the US and Russia, especially since 9/11. Russia is on the frontier of the Muslim world, and is in the crosshair of the Muslim fanatics as much as America. Joe

To: tejek who wrote (163969)	3/13/2003 7:54:52 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573813

I keep forgetting the US needs to get the 9 votes to override a veto. There is no overriding a UN SC veto. If its 14 to 1 in favor and the 1 is one of the veto powers then the resolution is defeated. Tim