that's what i thought... [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Nope, > Never wet to a vote. They would have, but they didn't get a chance to do > so. > > Tim > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 9:18 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Prime Minister's Address to the Nation... > > > maybe I missed something but didnt the UN voted AGAINST this? > > Ben Braver writes: > > > 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
