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To: Neocon who wrote (111496)	8/14/2003 3:32:08 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

<<U.S. Abandons Idea of Bigger U.N. Role in Iraq Occupation>> nytimes.com

To: Neocon who wrote (111496)	8/14/2003 7:47:11 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

How many people even read the French version of UN ramblings? The bureaucracy should ditch the French version and save some money. < Le Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies a adopté jeudi, par 14 voix et une abstention, une résolution qui salue la création du Conseil intérimaire de gouvernement irakien. La Syrie, seul pays arabe du conseil, s'est abstenue. The United Nations--- The Security Council of the UN adopted Thursday, by a vote of 14 with one abstention, a ewaolution whith salutes the creation of an Iraqi Interim Council of Government. Syria, the sole Arab country on the Council,abstained.> Also, while ditching the french language, the UN could ditch France as a special member of the UN. There's no basis for France to be a bigger deal than India, or Japan, or Germany. There's plenty of reason for it to be ditched. For example, being a terrorist state. India and Japan and Germany haven't conducted terrorist acts in my harbour on a civilian boat [Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior]. English is the lingua franca, ooops, I mean the common language. French is minor. I'll ask Google how many french users there are. Sure enough, here's a link: therainbowbridge.tv [Hmmm, a search "French speakers worldwide" got that. I quite like the topic and it's ironic that it's "Rainbow Bridge" and the site is registered in Tuvalu [.tv] when I'm moaning about the Rainbow Warrior. I wonder why they chose .tv. I suppose they got the name they wanted, but maybe they liked Tuvalu as a neutral place suitable to launch their project about commonality among religions and people.] Spanish is nearly as big as french and russian is bigger. But chinese is huge at 1 billion and I suppose english is biggest of all and if not, then certainly more spread among those who need to communicate internationally than is chinese. "Saluting" the creation of an Iraqi Interim Council? What drivel. What does saluting mean? If they mean in favour, then that's all they need to say. I suppose that's intended to convey some military recognition of the council - soldiers saluting each other or something. Maybe saluting has special diplomatic meaning in UN code. I say ditch the French and the french. Mqurice