At 05:02 AM 10/30/2002 -0800 Matt Grimaldi wrote:
>> This *council of conciliation* ... [disagrees with
>> the term "material breach"] What is it, a foot fault?
>>
>> ... Franco-Russian-Mexican position isn't diplomacy
>> so much as a denial of reality.
>
>What a load of propaganda! Frankly I'm surprised
>that a supposedly reputable newspaper would resort
>to such blatant and frequent name calling.
Name-calling? It is a statement of fact.
It is a fact that Iraq is in material breach of past UNSC resolutions, and
it is a fact that these countries objecting to stating this fact.
>You left out "we all know that nobody from those
>countries, even diplomats to the U.N., could possibly
>hope to make competent decisions in such a matter."
The diplomat to the UN is probably the dictator's second cousin once-removed.
At any rate, it doesn't matter if the Guinean diplomat has a degree from
the Georgetown School of International Relations, there is something
farcical about the fate of this issue residing in the hands of the
representative of a dictator from a tiny African country.
JDG
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