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'I couldn't have looked my friends in the face if I had opposed the war'
The Observer (U.K.) ^ | 12/28/03 | Kamal Ahmed

Posted on 12/27/2003 5:17:21 PM PST by Pokey78

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1 posted on 12/27/2003 5:17:21 PM PST by Pokey78
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To: Pokey78
A powerful read. Thanks for posting it.
2 posted on 12/27/2003 5:22:39 PM PST by CWOJackson
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To: Pokey78
Thank you. It was filled with valuable information. I had no idea what was happening in British circles. It makes me admire Blair all the more.

When someone is honest about the facts, the right remedies will be applied. Thankfully, the allies are waking up and helping out.

By the way, the interview with Tommy Franks in Cigar Afficianado is quite revealing. Read it twice.
3 posted on 12/27/2003 5:43:10 PM PST by sine_nomine (Protect the weakest of the weak - the unborn babies.)
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To: sine_nomine
A very heartening post- between this one and the one from the German--
"Pleasant German OP-ED: Admiration for Bush and the American Way", I find myself feeling a little hopeful tonight-- do you think it is the holiday spirit, or are we on to something?

4 posted on 12/27/2003 5:52:44 PM PST by lilmsdangrus
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To: Pokey78
'The last thing the Iraqis want is the charge that those captured didn't get fair trials

Actually, I think that's the last thing that they care about...

5 posted on 12/27/2003 6:48:16 PM PST by xm177e2 (Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
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To: Pokey78
Can anyone figure out how to play her speech?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/bbc_parliament/3325159.stm
6 posted on 12/27/2003 7:27:09 PM PST by HighRoadToChina (Never Again!)
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To: HighRoadToChina
Evening HighRoad... Are you coming to CAPC again?
7 posted on 12/27/2003 7:28:31 PM PST by Libertina (I got a time out for forgetting my tagline...)
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To: Libertina
No, not this year. But you give them hell!
8 posted on 12/27/2003 7:34:09 PM PST by HighRoadToChina (Never Again!)
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To: HighRoadToChina
I'll miss you, but will try to stir up trouble ;)
9 posted on 12/27/2003 7:42:06 PM PST by Libertina (I got a time out for forgetting my tagline...)
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To: HighRoadToChina
The link is broken but it's to a RealPlayer source. I'd try tomorrow.
10 posted on 12/27/2003 10:00:35 PM PST by Flashman_at_the_charge
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To: Pokey78
Wow - uplifting...
why aren't things like this and the German op-ed ever noted in the NYtimes.!?
Thanks for the post.!
11 posted on 12/27/2003 11:35:20 PM PST by LibertyLight (Grateful for Free Rebublic)
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To: Pokey78
Clwyd? Hey, you wanna buy a vowel?
12 posted on 12/27/2003 11:37:34 PM PST by USNBandit
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To: Pokey78
Bump
13 posted on 12/27/2003 11:45:40 PM PST by Cap Huff
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To: CWOJackson
My Lord, a thoughtful politician. Will wonders never cease?
15 posted on 12/28/2003 6:23:35 AM PST by gaspar
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To: Pokey78; MJY1288; Calpernia; Grampa Dave; anniegetyourgun; Ernest_at_the_Beach; BOBTHENAILER; ...
Thank you for this post, Pokey78.
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Ann Clwyd was in the shower when the news started coming in from Iraq....

She got an excited telephone call from a friend in Iraqi Kurdistan saying, 'Have you heard, have you heard? Saddam has been found'. For Tony Blair's human rights envoy to Iraq and the woman who brought the House of Commons to hushed silence earlier this year when she implored fellow MPs to back the war against Saddam on humanitarian grounds, it was a moment of quiet joy.
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She was a wonderful and powerful ally from the beginning.

Rummy thanked her in person, in England.

8 See men shredded and say you don't back war ~ March 18, 2003 ~ Ann Clwyd
8 Envoy MP backs Blair ~ June 1, 2003

16 posted on 12/28/2003 8:29:41 AM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl ( "Our military is full of the finest people on the face of the earth." ~ Pres. Bush, Baghdad)
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'I couldn't have looked my friends in the face if I had opposed the war' ~ Bump!
17 posted on 12/28/2003 8:58:22 AM PST by blackie
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'I couldn't have looked my friends in the face if I had opposed the war'

An honest liberal.

Nat Hentoff has company...

18 posted on 12/28/2003 9:03:30 AM PST by okie01 (www.ArmorforCongress.com...because Congress isn't for the morally halt and the mentally lame.)
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To: Pokey78
This woman is a heroine and she doesn't even know it. On many points she has been overly idealistic, but on Iraq she was dead on.

Thank you Ann, for your passionate speech that helped to solidify the move to war. I know that war is abhorant to you, but it really was the only way.

19 posted on 12/28/2003 9:48:53 AM PST by McGavin999
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl; Pokey78
Excellent article.

I have the utmost admiration for this gutsy and principled lady.
20 posted on 12/28/2003 11:55:35 AM PST by RottiBiz
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