Iraq

[Terrance]

"calbert at hslboxmaster.com" wrote:
> 
> Terrance:
> 
> "Well, since you are not a nation state with a vote in the UN I was not
> talking about you. I think if you read what I wrote it's clear that I
> was  talking about nations and not Pynchon-List persons."
> 
> Its been well established by now that I am a little dense.....under what
> monniker have any "nation states with a vote in the UN" participated
> here...or are you just using this place as some kind of forwarding service?

I'll drop this one. However, it's fairly obvious from the context that I
was talking about opinions of other Nations with UN votes or other means
of influence like France and Germany and the political bodies and
factions ("peace mongers"  is not a term I made up, but one used to
describe the peace movement in parts of Europe, specifically France)
there.  

Again, 

Saddam has  been very successful. Why? Because he's played this game
before. And, he's had time, while the world sat on its collective ass,
to develop more deceptive programs and tactics. Everyone seems to know
this except for the defenders of Saddam. Turkey, Jordan, Saudi Arabia,
Egypt, Iran and Syria, know it and have public stated that Iraq must not
continue its program of deception and cease all attempts to limit and
frustrate UN efforts.  While the peace mongers play up the rift in old
Europe, Europe is solidly behind the UN.  Germany has come,  if not into
the tent, just outside it and will provide support. Even pawny France
(with its Kingly Veto) is getting closer to the tent now that war is
beginning to look like the only option. If a second resolution is voted
in the UN, it will be voted unanimously by the SC.