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| US senators warn of Iraq civil war |
| 2004-04-05 |
| The Bush administration has received a warning from two senior senators that Iraq faces the possibility of civil war. Richard Lugar and Joe Biden, the Republic and Democratic Party leaders of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the US should consider postponing the handing over of sovereignty which at the moment is set for 30 June. I’m sure Kerry would like this.... The date is an important political deadline for the White House, which wants to be able to show the American people that it is making progress towards handing Iraqi affairs back to the Iraqi people. The political fallout from the violence of the last few days in Iraq is beginning to take on worrying proportions for the Bush administration. But the marines are taking care of the ’problem’ Mr Biden said Nato should be involved and the UN should be invited to send a commissioner to help run the country. After all they have has so much success before. Like in... umm... (I’ll get back to you on that)... Mr Biden’s Republican colleague, Richard Lugar, also talked of the possibility of civil war. He said it was time to begin a debate on whether the 30 June handover could still take place. Now thats an idea! Lets run the WOT by commitee! That’ll show those terrorists! The Foreign Relations Committee will begin hearings on the subject soon. Letting that date slip would send a message to the American people, only months before the presidential election, that Iraq was out of control. |
| Posted by:CrazyFool |
| #3 Biden has an insatiable need for airtime. Saw him on Imus, several times on Fox, and MSNBC/Hardball all within the last couple weeks. What a puffball |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-04-05 1:26:47 PM |
| #2 In the words of Ambassador Kosh from Babylon-5: "The avalanche has started. It's too late for the pebbles to vote!"... Both need to learn to SHUT THE HELL UP! and let our troops do their job! |
| Posted by: Jack Deth 2004-04-05 11:20:53 AM |
| #1 Joe Biden and others have this pathological need to always come back to the UN for the answers to all of Life's persistant and nasty problems. This is despite the fact that the UN has utterly failed all over the world in solving problems. But look around at the UN in Africa, ME, Korea, etc. And look at the enabling of misery on the people of Iraq the UN did with the Oil for Palaces program. This is the only thing that I can figure. When we were kids, we put our pennies in for UNICEF. We were told that the UN is the United Nations, a family of nations working for the betterment of the world. I think that too many people were enamored with the image of the UN, with the ideal that the UN represented. UNfortunately, it is just a fascade and the UN is totally corrupt, and there are many of us that cannot let go of the propaganda that was dished out to us years ago. Well, get over it. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-04-05 10:00:37 AM |