Continuing the metaphor, how 'bout when the police have a warrant to arrest someone for a felony, and some of the officers say they need time to gather more evidence?
At 02:33 PM 3/21/03 +0000, you wrote: >The UNSC is the police in that metaphor, and in a way that's exactly >what they are supposed to be. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Haggerty, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: 21 March 2003 14:26 >To: CF-Community >Subject: RE: Prime Minister's Address to the Nation... > > >Since when are we the police? > >Not that I'm taking Saddam's side, that's just a bad metaphor. > >M > >-----Original Message----- >From: Craig Dudley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 5:01 AM >To: CF-Community >Subject: RE: Prime Minister's Address to the Nation... > > >I can't believe what I'm reading, do you seriously mean that or are you >winding me up????? > >If you're holding a gun and waving it about, and some big police man >tells you to put it down while pointing his bigger gun at you, do you >keep hold of your gun so you can fight back? Or do you do as you're told >and put it down? Anyone with any sense puts his gun down right? > >Scuds are banned under several UNSC resolutions, he said he'd destroyed >them and didn't have any left etc etc, clearly that's utter bs as he's >fired around 10 into Kuwait in the last few days. If he's lied about >Scuds, what else is he lying about? Probably an awful lot, and you see >that as 'Hardly likely to be a big problem', wtf??? Are you on crack >this morning Will? > >Don't get me wrong, war is horrific and I'm seriously concerned about >the timing of the action, perhaps in a few months after the weapons >inspectors realised for sure that Saddam was lying, the whole >international community would have been behind it, but there is no doubt >in my mind that sooner or later this was necessary. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Will Swain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: 21 March 2003 09:42 >To: CF-Community >Subject: RE: Prime Minister's Address to the Nation... > > >Not really. I find it incredible that anyone seriously thought he would >disarm. Would you, with an aggresive force sitting on your doorstep? >That's like saying, how far do you want me to bend over. > >So he has a few scuds? Hardly likely to be a big problem, and lets be >honest, if we weren't invading him we'd never know about them..... > >will > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Craig Dudley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: 21 March 2003 09:34 >To: CF-Community >Subject: RE: Prime Minister's Address to the Nation... > > >Hmm, that wasn't the point was it? > >Point is, he's using weapons only hours bfore he swore he didn't have, >extra proof of what kind of man he is, or was (hopefully), and of why he >needs to be dealt with. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Will Swain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: 21 March 2003 09:32 >To: CF-Community >Subject: RE: Prime Minister's Address to the Nation... > > >Nope....you don't kick a dog and then complain when it bites you. > >will > >-----Original Message----- >From: Craig Dudley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: 21 March 2003 09:09 >To: CF-Community >Subject: RE: Prime Minister's Address to the Nation... > > >Has your opinion now changed at all since Saddam has used 'banned' scud >missiles that he promised he didn't have? > >-----Original Message----- >From: Stephen Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: 21 March 2003 02:27 >To: CF-Community >Subject: Re: Prime Minister's Address to the Nation... > > >Candace, et al. > >Our Prime Minister is a horrible, xenophobic man whose driving policy >dictate is to be as sycophantic as possible to his masters in the White >House. Popular support for a war on Iraq without explicit, non-vetoed UN >approval is virtually non-existent here, and through his actions, PM >Howard has made Australia an aggressor rogue state, and therefore no >better than the despotic regime in Iraq itself. Today, I am ashamed to >be an Australian. I am ashamed for Australia, the US and the UK. I can >only hope that the full force of UN sanctions and International Criminal >Court charges are brought heavily upon those in power here and in other >countries who are a part of the so-called "coalition of the willing". > >Not this war >Not in my name >Not without UNSC approval > >Steve Collins (www.stephencollins.org) >-- > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
