Lech Walesa SupportS US

AP World Politics ^ | March 12, 2003 | AP world politics

[ysoh]

WARSAW, Poland - Former Polish President Lech Walesa, the winner of the 1983 Nobel Peace Prize, on Wednesday urged the U.N. Security Council to back a U.S.-led war on Iraq (news - web sites) and criticized the United Nations (news - web sites)' "ineffectiveness" so far.

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The United States and Britain are seeking support for a new resolution that would give Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) an ultimatum to disarm, or face war. They face opposition from France, Russia and other nations that argue U.N. weapons inspections should continue.

"International authorization for the United States is today the only way to solve common problems," Walesa said in a statement. "In view of the ineffectiveness of U.N. actions, the international community must authorize the United States and its allies, as its representatives, to take the necessary action."

"Otherwise, there will be further conflicts and mutual accusations will weaken cooperation between the nations of the democratic world," Walesa added.

If the new resolution is defeated, U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) and British Prime Minister Tony Blair (news - web sites) have said they would be prepared to go to war anyway. Poland's current government backs their stance.

Walesa, the founder of the Solidarity movement and a key figure in the end of communism in Poland, was president from 1990 until 1995, when he lost his re-election bid to current President Aleksander Kwasniewski.

[ysoh]

something tells me that this will not get any play in the "mainstream media".

[Chummy]

Dzienkuje, Lech!

Poland -- the first nation to draft and adopt a Constitution, modeled on the supreme law of the United States -- only to have its lands taken from it by its neighboring countries. Too dangerous, said they.

France -- the nation that gets the notice for having drafted a Constitution after the US.

Sacre bleu.

[speedy]

No, Jessica Lange's views are considered much more important by our media. After all, in a movie she was carried up the WTC in the hands of a giant ape, so she has a real feeling for the situation.

[vbmoneyspender]

Poland kicks butt again.