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| U.S. meeting resistance from Security Council... |
| 2002-10-04 |
| There were the first signs yesterday that the US might be willing to back off from a draft text circulated in the UN earlier this week that drew a sharply hostile reaction from Paris, Moscow and Beijing. It included a blunt threat of military force in the event that Iraq made any attempt to impede the inspections once they begin. With prodding from Britain, the US is now considering an approach proposed by the French President, Jacques Chirac. He sees a first resolution clarifying new rules for the conduct of the inspections. The warning of military punishment would come in a second resolution that would only be adopted if Iraq fell foul of the new UN demands. If it's going to come, why put it in a second resolution? This is a setup, to keep yakking once the Iraqis thumb their noses. It they take this route, they'll still be passing gas a year from now... One US administration official told Reuters news agency: "We've not decided specifically [on two resolutions]. We still want one resolution but we're exploring with the British and the French ways of bridging the difference between the resolution that we want and the two the French want." Doubt if they're gonna compromise on one and a half resolutions... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 Yes! We have peace-in-our-time! War is abolished for all time! |
| Posted by: Allah the Dog Faced God 2002-10-04 19:25:57 |