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Friday 11 October 2002
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NY Times: "Former President Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his 'untiring effort' to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts and to advance democracy and human rights." BBC report.  [Scripting News]
Yes indeed, what a contrast in style (and, dare one say, in intelligence?). One significant quote from this article: 'In an interview this morning on CNN, Mr. Carter said: "I don't want to comment specifically on President Bush's policies, but I do think that in every way before we go into a war of any kind we should exhaust all other alternatives including negotiation, mediation or, if that's not possible in the case of Iraq, working through the United Nations."'
9:50:39 PM 
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NY Times: "The Senate voted overwhelmingly early this morning to authorize President Bush to use force against Iraq, joining with the House in giving him a broad mandate to act against Saddam Hussein." I hope it's a bluff. [Scripting News]
Unfortunately, the increasing impetus to grant some form of legitimacy to Dubyoo's anti-Saddam rhetoric seems to be forcing the man himself into a corner from which he's left himself no room to get out of. What happens if he gets the UN resolution he wants. Saddam complies with its terms, UN arms inspectors go back into Iraq and report not finding anything untoward? Will this satisfy Mr Bush and his belligerent advisers? Somehow I doubt it. He's already indicated that he's quite prepared to ignore the UN if it doesn't act as he wishes, and a logical corollary to that would be to equally ignore the findings of the inspectors.
be afraid. Be very afraid.
9:45:06 PM
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2002
Jim MacCormaic
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Last update:
09/11/2002; 03:29:44 am
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