[CLUE-Talk] a new note in the usa/iraq tune

[Randy Arabie]

Quoting Nate Duehr <nate at natetech.com>:

> 
> On Monday, Jan 26, 2004, at 17:34 America/Denver, Randy Arabie wrote:
> 
> > Do you honestly believe the UN Security Council would have forced Iraq 
> > into
> > compliance?
> 
> Eventually, yes.  Unfortunately it MAY have been too late to prevent 
> another attack on U.S. soil, but the mass hysteria following 9/11 which 
> really only has somewhat indirect ties to Saddam and his government 
> allowed people to say the U.N. was taking too long.

Really?  As I recall, several nations on the UN Security Council (France and 
Russia in particular) were actively working to have the economic sanctions 
against Iraq lifted.  In fact, I recall a widespread, grassroots movement to 
end the sanctions.

-- 
Allons Rouler!

Randy
http://www.arabie.org/