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2003-03-09 Iraq

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-03-09 11:01 am|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 GW already has everything he needs: got 1441 with a 15-0 vote, won the Congrssional Resolution, and the Mid-Terms. He just getting the troops ready to go.

GW wants a vote. He doesn't need to win or lose. He wants to put France an the UN on notice for their recent perfidity. So there is a lot of squirming going on.

And I'm betting Tony Blair is OK without a win. They have isolated France as the bad guys. Tony doesn't face reelection until 06. He and his party have never got along well; he dragged them kicking and screaming from being a motley crew of communists, stalinists, and calcified trade union leaders into government, Without Blair, they would die and they know it.

There are ironic parallels between the Security Council and the Arab League meetings last week. When the Destinguished Representative from The Repulic of France is addressed at the Security Council Table by his first name, you just called him a monkey. Addressing any frenchman by his first name is considered very poor social grace.

Blix lied to the Security Council Friday. The 167 page document that was highlighted by Jack Straw contains the smoking gun: the drone aircraft and the spraying equipment. What the hell is this stuff for? Advance agricultural technology? These drones are the ultimate weapon. Let them fly and they contaminate everything in their path. Shoot them down and they continue to contaminate where they land. Bastards!

Posted by john 2003-03-09 13:18:24|| 2003-03-09 13:18:24|| Front Page Top

#2 RE: drones. I wonder if we can use some kind of EMP on the drones if we can find them early enough. I do not think that their guidance system is hardened. Though, if they are used as a terror weapon, they could have some kind of rudamentary guidance system like the V-1 that EMP could not touch.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-03-09 14:32:04|| 2003-03-09 14:32:04|| Front Page Top

#3 The drones sound scarier than they are. Mustard gas from the drones could kill dozens but to kill hundreds or thousands, you would need so much payload that the drone wouldn't get very far. Getting a big enough dose of the biologics to kill would also be a problem for a drone because of dilution, decay in sunlight, etc.

Posted by mhw 2003-03-09 14:39:44|| 2003-03-09 14:39:44|| Front Page Top

#4 Sec'y Powell seems confident (as of Sunday AM) that we will get the votes. I betcha we get them, because when it's time to raise hands what are they going to do? They may not like the 'cowboy' in the White House, but I'm damn sure they don't want him really pissed at them (even the Frenchies).

Posted by Wes Meador 2003-03-09 14:47:42|| 2003-03-09 14:47:42|| Front Page Top

#5 read the link @ dailypundit. Tuesday's going to be very, very interesting.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-03-09 18:51:43|| 2003-03-09 18:51:43|| Front Page Top

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