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

To: Just_Observing who wrote (21467)	3/15/2003 9:39:12 PM
From: Just_Observing	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25898

Perfect Spot for Three Isolated Leaders by Mary Dejevsky The last-chance talks to avoid a war against Iraq will be held tomorrow in the remote islands of the Azores, six hours' flying time from Washington, two and a half hours from Lisbon and very far indeed from any madding crowds of anti-war protesters. The Portuguese archipelago of nine islands, seen by some as the legendary Atlantis, has a long history as a staging post – first for maritime explorers in the 15th and 16th centuries, and more recently for transatlantic flights, before refuelling stops became unnecessary. The first and, until now, only time the Azores hosted a summit was in 1971, when the US President, Richard Nixon, the French President, Georges Pompidou, and the Portuguese Prime Minister, Marcelo Caetano, met to talk about international monetary problems. The subsequent fates of two of the three participantsis not a happy augury for tomorrow's meeting. Published on Saturday, March 15, 2003 by the lndependent/UK commondreams.org

To: Just_Observing who wrote (21467)	3/15/2003 10:19:35 PM
From: PartyTime	Respond to of 25898

The skinny: >>> Now we are entering a war that most countries in the world--as well as most people--oppose. You lose almost all your allies, including perhaps Mexico and Canada. You cannot make a $20 billion bribe stick with the Turks (the world's most bribable people). You preside over the probable destruction of NATO and the Security Council by your rhetoric. Finally, you swagger into a news conference and you talk about putting your hand on the Bible and swearing to protect the people of the United States. Saddam Hussein is a virtual ally of al-Qaida and is a direct threat to the American people, whom you've sworn to defend. Never mind that neither of these presumptions have been proved.<<<