Gorbachev: Only U.N. Can OK War With Iraq

www.newsmax.com ^ | Sept. 10, 2002

[Tailgunner Joe]

Mikhail Gorbachev, the former president of the Soviet Union, told reporters in St. Petersburg Tuesday that any military operation against Iraq may be conducted only with the authorization of the United Nations Security Council.

Gorbachev said, "It should be generally accepted that such an action [must be] necessary for the whole global community and such a decision might only be taken by the U.N. Security Council."

Gorbachev supported the view that U.N. inspectors should return to Iraq.

He also stated that "his opinion was shared by Russian President Vladimir Putin and he supported him in that."

Gorbachev headed the Soviet Union at the end of the Gulf War. At that time he strongly opposed U.S. plans to topple Hussein, and his objections were cited as a key reason U.S. forces curtailed their attacks inside Iraq.

Gorbachev also took a swipe at President Bush's war on terror, claiming that the use of force could not eliminate terrorism, which he said was rooted in poverty.

[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

hey gorby your about as relevant as clinton and mandela why dont you three get together and start your own leftist utopia you may have some in this world fooled but anyone that has half a brain knows your a commie pinko

[Argus]

Who cares what Gorby thinks?

[ArcLight]

Gorbachev, Gorbachev...hmmm. Sounds familiar...gimme a minute. It'll come to me...

[Tailgunner Joe]

The Greenies care!

[Centurion2000]

Mikhail Gorbachev, the former president of the Soviet Union, told reporters in St. Petersburg Tuesday that any military operation against Iraq may be conducted only with the authorization of the United Nations Security Council.

And why should we listen to a former dictator of a dead empire ???

[johniegrad]

Glasnost!!

[Lx]

He's still around? Maybe him and that other failure, Jimmy Carter, could open a pizza chain or something.

Someone needs to tell Gorby that the world has passed him by and that no one cares what he thinks anymore except for loony lefties that still worship him.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Pretty bold talk, for a guy who has a tattoo of Scandinavia on his head...

Hey Gorbie - STFU!

[habs4ever]

*yawn*....only the US can do anything anyway, so why do his type bring this tripe up?

[Amerigomag]

Iraq is but a small stepping stone on the way to Mecca and Medina. Let's worry about Gorby and his international hand wringers when we're knocking on the door of the House of Saud.

[Aracelis]

There are no such limitations written into our Constitution. As an educated man, Gorbachev should be aware of this fact.

[debg]

so, now we have: kofi, nelson, gorby and mary against

England
Spain
Australia
Holland
Kuwait
Qatar
Israel
Turkey
Bulgaria
Portugal
Italy
Phillipines
USA

list is subject to revision as the world turns

[syriacus]

Gorbachev, Gorbachev...hmmm. Sounds familiar...gimme a minute. It'll come to me...

My first thoughts, too.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Mr. Gorbachev, you will always be related to the Berlin Wall, a symbolic barrier to freedom. I see a new wall from freedom-- Iraq. Rather than hide behind the UN to keep yet another wall from freedom standing, Mr. Gorbachev, QUIT PROPPING UP WALLS and help lead the UN to be a legitimate light of freedom. Otherwise, your desitiny will always be subordinate to the UN's.

[1rudeboy]

Gorbo . . . the world's first victim of transnational penis envy.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Australia? Wonderful surprise. I read that they have large agricultural incentives with Saddam. Thank God Australia put honor above wealth. =]

[BullDog108]

Wasn't Grabachek the one who invaded Afghanistan? Or was that Brezhnev? I can't keep these commies straight...

[Republican Wildcat]

Gorbachev also took a swipe at President Bush's war on terror, claiming that the use of force could not eliminate terrorism, which he said was rooted in poverty.

Yes, that Osama bin Laden is (or was) one impoverished guy.

[RightWhale]

You might be able to add Russia, China, and India, with conditions. France and Germany are against, probably residual feelings about Al Alamain in one case and who knows what in the other case.