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Official: U.S. one vote away

#1 Postby bfez1 » Wed Mar 12, 2003 10:56 am

The Bush administration believes that it is now only one vote away from a Security Council majority on a resolution setting a March 17 deadline for Iraqi compliance, according to a senior State Department official. Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Tony Blair outlined a series of tests today that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein would have to meet to prove that he was complying with the U.N.
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#2 Postby Rainband » Wed Mar 12, 2003 11:01 am

Those phone calls Bush was making must have worked :D

Johnathan :P
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#3 Postby Guest » Wed Mar 12, 2003 11:01 am

One vote away. I can see where Mr Blair is coming from - but will Sadamn take the tests? I doubt it - but as long as we are working on the problem.

Once we have take every possible scenario out of the picture - the more justificiation we have to attack Iraq. Until then we just have to have patience and pray that this will be a swift and low casuality war.

Just my two cents.
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#4 Postby cycloneye » Wed Mar 12, 2003 11:06 am

But France and Russia will veto and kill the resolution if the US gets the 9 votes.
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#5 Postby Rainband » Wed Mar 12, 2003 11:09 am

cycloneye wrote:But France and Russia will veto and kill the resolution if the US gets the 9 votes.
As far as we know yes..but in the world of politics things change rapidly ..so we will wait with baited breath and see what happens. :o

Johnathan :wink:
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#6 Postby j » Wed Mar 12, 2003 11:52 am

cycloneye wrote:But France and Russia will veto and kill the resolution if the US gets the 9 votes.


US knows this...what they care about is the majority vote on the resolution.
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#7 Postby wx247 » Wed Mar 12, 2003 2:13 pm

I agree J. They don't care if it passes, but they want the world to know where each country stands before the action begins so those countries can't take credit later.
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#8 Postby mf_dolphin » Wed Mar 12, 2003 2:18 pm

The vote will be a roll call for the record and that's about all. Anything short of full disarmament or Saddam going into exile will result in war IMHO. The currently discussed "benchmarks" are just a way of bringing the needed votes so the US and Britian can claim a majority victory prior to action.
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#9 Postby JQ Public » Wed Mar 12, 2003 4:47 pm

who is lucky number nine?
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#10 Postby azsnowman » Wed Mar 12, 2003 5:07 pm

Let's quit playing grab a$$ and get this show on the road!

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#11 Postby JQ Public » Wed Mar 12, 2003 5:21 pm

hahahahhah! Stop playing footsy and seal the deal!
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saddam going into exhile is a major defeat

#12 Postby rainstorm » Wed Mar 12, 2003 5:32 pm

mf_dolphin wrote:The vote will be a roll call for the record and that's about all. Anything short of full disarmament or Saddam going into exile will result in war IMHO. The currently discussed "benchmarks" are just a way of bringing the needed votes so the US and Britian can claim a majority victory prior to action.



how can bush allow saddam a free pass? he has made saddam into hitler. do we want saddam in comfy exhile with his 7 billion dollars so he can fund terrorism against us? further, as long as saddam is free, he is a threat to return to iraq. it will keep iraq destabilized. bush says saddam is a rapist and murderer. should bush pardon all the rapists and murderers in us prisons, give them a million bucks, and let them live in comfort. letting saddam go into exhile is disgusting!!
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