Um... so it's OK if WE(the US) have weapons of mass destruction? Because certainly we can be trusted not to act in our own self interest...
-----Original Message----- From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 12:31 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: US: invasion in the Netherlands possible >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/10/02 12:01PM >>> >Here's something additional... About 2 or 3 months ago the President Bush >backed out of a chemical weapons treaty with fellow UN members. The reason, >it would require that UN inspectors have access to our chemical weapons >plants. OK for Saddam, but not for us?! Well, yes. You don't seem to remember - Iraq started a war by invading a neighboring country. The reason for the weapons inspectors in Iraq was part of the settlement agreement to end the war. (Basically to stop bombing the crap out of them.) The war was the entire rest of the UN against Iraq. That is very different from a voluntary weapons inspection agreement between the US and the UN. And considering the historical treatment of the US by the UN (read the entire 1970's), I can see why the U.S. Government is a bit reluctant to cede sovereign rights to that often-hostile body. Plus, it really ticked off the French, which is always a "Good Thing"TM. (Lunch didn't seem to help - still feeling a bit crotchety) Jerry Johnson -----Original Message----- From: Ben Braver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 2:32 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: US: invasion in the Netherlands possible Jochem, IMHO your skills in the English language are better than many American-born persons. :-) -Ben At 04:32 PM 6/8/02 +0200, you wrote: ><quote> >US: invasion in the Netherlands possible > >WASHINGTON The US Senate has accepted a law which authorizes an invasion >in the Netherlands under certain conditions. The US wants to keep that >option open in case the International Criminal Court (ICC), which will >be located in the Netherlands, holds Americans on charges of War Crimes. > >The statue of Rome, which regulates the establishment of the ICC, will >be in operation on July first, even though there is no building or >personel for the court yet. > >GroenLinks (JvD: Dutch political party) has requested an emergency >debate with Secretary of State van Aartsen. He should change the mind of >the US, using the EU as lever. ></quote> >translated from http://teletekst.nos.nl/cgi-bin/tt/nos/page/t/m/121 > >Jochem >-- >All flames about my translation skills eagerly accepted. > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
