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2004-05-06 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by tipper 2004-05-06 10:03:29 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The UN can call their role whatever they wish. It is highly doubtful that the UN will be allowed to administer US funds or give orders to US forces. Any initiative that the UN takes and wishes us to back up will be negotiable.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-05-06 10:57:41 PM|| 2004-05-06 10:57:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Judging by his statements so far, Brahimi is expected to ask that the United Nations be recognized as the brain of the Iraq project,..

Given the revelations so far with the oil-for-food UN scandal, entrusting the UN to run the show can't be a very reassuring thought.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-05-06 11:05:00 PM|| 2004-05-06 11:05:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Let the UN make a proposal and let the GC reject it. Whatever it is, it will be a very bad idea.

Posted by Phil_B 2004-05-06 11:06:03 PM|| 2004-05-06 11:06:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Brahimi and Fallujah and Sadr and Shitstani. I have no access so I do not know what's going on. What I do know is that the handling of these situations, all qualifying as true pivot point issues, make little or no sense from my POV. I'm sure there are wheels within wheels, where the Mad Mullahs and others enter overriding equations, but I see precious little to be happy about. Having been properly upbraided by Hank earlier today, I'll let it go at that. We'll see.

Posted by .com 2004-05-06 11:08:00 PM|| 2004-05-06 11:08:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Screw the Arabs -- Bush needs to go on TV and explain to -us- how he's not going wobbly.

Posted by someone 2004-05-06 11:09:14 PM|| 2004-05-06 11:09:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Letting the UN into Iraq will be like letting the buzzards in on the wounded. They cut and run at the first signs of trouble, then they come back for the spoils when it is safe for them to do so.

This whole UN thing sickens me to the core. We went to them in the beginning and France and Co blew us out of the water, because they were at the trough and they had their hands in the till. We may not shoot at them, but the UN and France are not our friends, they are enemies to us, and to Iraq. Do not forget Iraq in this.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-05-06 11:44:35 PM|| 2004-05-06 11:44:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 President Bush has already said that the UN will have no control of nor say in the disposition of American taxpayers' money. Further, since Brahimi is an Sunni antiSemite and the UN is desperate to try and bury the Oil for Food investigation, there is no doubt that anything he offers other than advice on elections will be flawed. Hopefully President Bush will thank him for his advice and do what needs to be done anyway.

At some point the State Department needs to be told to go away until the military has made the place secure. Most of the difficulties we've encountered over there could have been, if not prevented, at least ameliorated by a unity of purpose in the command structure. The striped pants boys are just a little too nuanced, too "it depends on what the meaning of is is", to deal with the hard boys in an effective fashion.

Posted by RWV 2004-05-06 11:48:43 PM|| 2004-05-06 11:48:43 PM|| Front Page Top