[goldstategop]

Woo hoo! Take that Chiraq, Schroloser and Puke!!!

[Highest Authority]

France is now as irrelavent as the obsolete u.n.!

[hotpotato]

YES!

(gosh, i hope this is true)

[ex-Texan]

*Bump* for Powell !

[BushMeister]

OUR BLOOD.

OUR TREASURE.

OUR RULES.

[George W. Bush]

Powell’s tough talk signaled that the Bush administration is ready to take a hard line with the United Nations after it failed to get tough with Saddam or enforce 17 resolutions demanding he disarm.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who last night began a quickie summit with President Bush at Camp David, also signaled that he doesn’t foresee any quick turnover of Iraq to any kind of U.N. administration.

This is what I wanted to hear. The U.N. has to be excluded. France and Germany and Russia have to be excluded and their former contracts and debts voided by the new Iraqi government. And Turkey gets no seat at the table either. They've all forfeited our goodwill in this matter. We may patch things up with them later but they cannot be allowed to prosper from their attempt to harm us and our real allies.

[tm22721]

Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.

BUMP

[WaterDragon]

Sec'y Powell is an incredible American!

[gulfcoast6]

The UN MUST face the facts. It ain't gonna happen. Could be the end of the UN has started.

[mylife]

I can just see Jaqueass and Koffi wringing thier hands!!

[artios]

its a two edged sword though -

1) UN gets gobsmacked and shut out for being not relevant any more - hurray

2) UN responds by becoming an aggressive in your face, take no prisoners "obey us or we will be a "preventive" invading force in the future - bad thing

Suggestion to Powell - cut UN funding, send the cash to fund the war and allow a major tax cut for America to restart the economy.

You can leave the UN in NY, just make sure we have properly "bugged" every office.

[logic101.net]

Wow, Powell does have some balls, even if they are a bit on the small side.


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[logic101.net]

Ok, sorry. Thought about my previous comment and regret it. He is a moderate, but he is a fighter when pushed enough; it just takes alot of pushing!


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[angkor]

Chirac's plan last weekend was even more bizarre:

...the U.N. (e.g. France) would run the oil-for-food programs etc., but the U.S. and Brits alone would pick up the reconstruction tab for the "illegal war."

[BunnySlippers]

the United Nations failed to live up to its responsibilities in confronting Saddam, meaning it’s more or less on probation now.

Huzzah!

[North Coast Conservative]

Get US Out of the United Nations

In God We Trust…..Semper Fi

[Starwind]

Powell?s tough talk signaled that the Bush administration is ready to take a hard line with the United Nations after it failed to get tough with Saddam or enforce 17 resolutions demanding he disarm.

A stronger message to the UN could not be sent. It raises the bar for compliance on N. Korea, and terrorism, and lays out the consequences for abbrogation.

[XJarhead]

"We would not support . . . essentially handing everything over to the U.N. for someone designated by the U.N. to suddenly become in charge of the whole operation," Powell added.

He's not saying that there is no role for the U.N. What he's saying is that we will not give carte blanche to the U.N. to put whomever they want in charge of reconstruction. In other words, don't think for a moment that France, Russia, and China are going to run this. But if the management is more acceptable to the U.S., we'll accept a U.N. role.

[PGalt]

you're either with us, or you're against us

President Bush didn't draw a line in the sand, he drew a line on the globe.

Terrific President, Outstanding Administration

[Robert Drobot]

Based on past experience, Powell is a globalist. His allegiance toward the ideal of nationhood is absent. He bows to the notion of an unelected world governing body.

His words to Congress are standard Situational Ethics 101 - tell 'em anything, if it accomplishes the purpose.

As daily practitioners of the big lie, Congress couldn't see the truth if it was stained into a blue dress.

I would sooner trust a rattlesnake than tust Powell.