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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 05:27 PM
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Say "so long" to the UN
http://www.msnbc.com/news/965704.asp?cp1=1

In Iraq, the U.S.-appointed Governing Council hailed the resolution as a step toward bringing stability to the war-battered country and ending violence against the American-led occupation.


So, am I whacked out? Has the UN surrendered to the US despite being against it in the past? They could have been more stern when saying they're doing this for the Iraqis while doing something to PUNISH the US for its wrongful act.

I'm ashamed of the UN right now. They're just proving to Bush that he can do whatever he wants and get away with it.

The UN is irrelevant.

Piss on them all. x(
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Maple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 05:31 PM
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1. I like the way
you just write off entire international organizations when you don't even know what was voted on.

No troops, no money...just a few motherhood statements.

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truthseeker1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 05:33 PM
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3. or who actually voted
wasn't the entire UN, just the worthless security council
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Selwynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 05:39 PM
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7. LOL nice post.
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Ouabache Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 05:33 PM
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2. No money and no troops -did you read the next sentence of article ?
"despite the 15-0 vote, it remained uncertain whether the United States would receive any immediate offers of military or financial aid to help stabilize Iraq."

They are giving whistleass* the whistleass treatment here.

Tell him anything in a resolution. But, for money and troops he* can go shit in his* hat. Especially for troops, they won't be forthcoming.

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Isome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 05:34 PM
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5. Dang, I was going to post that!
But, you beat me to the punch. This isn't the victory the headline leads you to believe.
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Coyul Donating Member (848 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 05:34 PM
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4. Extortion by the US....
...What was Syria gonna say "NO, please go ahead and bomb us?" The rest of the world at this point seems to be terrified that the former village Idiot of Austin will just bomb them. Hell even France is a little nervous I would imagine, you do know accidents happen, and with chimpy McCokespoon at the helm, accidents are a staple.

You are not Whacked the UN sold-out, but they did so out of fear, not support or attrition. What a sad state this world is in.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 05:38 PM
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6. Everyone who responded has a valid point...
I had only read a small part of the article before posting. I wanted to see how other people responded. I'm not in the best mood to think right now (in a way, I am whacked...).

Still, it's good to know it's not as bad as I'd thought...
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terrisel Donating Member (168 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 05:54 PM
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11. Rich Bush Beggar Appeals to UN for License to Bribe

I guess this is a story about the relevancy of the UN.

Bush the Cowboy-Warlord was reduced to Bush the Beggar. He asked and received from the UN the license to bribe other countries for help in Iraq. For the bribing he will use the rest of out tax appropriation he hasn't spent yet plus a chunk of the 87 1/2 billion he is demanding.

Bush has failed overwhelmingly to get other countries to "help" in Iraq on his terms. Think about it-almost every country has said we can't help other than in token ways unless the UN says it is ok. Bush had to beg the UN for a license to bribe and now other countries will tell him how much it will cost us to save his butt.

Now we get to see which countries are willing (in Tony Blair's words) to pay the blood price for US dollars or other aid.

Bush has to hurry because it will be embarrassing if the countries request that he convert the dollars to euros first.

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hatrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 05:46 PM
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8. The aid summit in Madrid is the event to watch
It's scheduled for late this month, I believe.

We're planning on browbeating our "allies" into ponying up the big bucks for rebuilding Iraq. We'll get a few token donations - maybe a few hundred million - but buhdeebuhdeebuhdeebuhdee that'll be all, folks!
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truthseeker1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 05:49 PM
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9. First Bush has to pass go before he can collect $200
First, let's see if he makes it out of his trip to Indonesia alive!
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DuctapeFatwa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 05:50 PM
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10. The UN is the US, it is just a holdover from a time when
the US felt that for whatever reason, they wanted some sort of body to put an international approval seal on whatever they wanted to do.

They don't really need it now, the only people who see it as an entity separate from the US is a segment of the US population, and since the adoption of the bush doctrine, it is more like a vestigial tail than anything else.
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ElsewheresDaughter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 05:59 PM
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12. nah ...the UN is gonna punish bush by all of them switching to the euro
we will all pay for bush*s evil sins :scared:...hard rains are gonna fall
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