The US, The UN and Iraq

Both sides are playing a game of chicken. Unfortunately, Saddam doesn't have a playing hand except for world sentiments that isn't worth much in time of war. After the missile guided bombs starts to drop, it doesn't matter how long Saddam has been able to delay the inevitable. If it doesn't, he just played a pair of duces to survive another day, which means very little for anybody except Saddam. c.i.

911, you don't truly mean "immobilised" do you?, or is it a pun!

This new talk about letting Saddam be exiled to another country in a comfortable life style and Saudia Arabia plus Turkey both paying attention. This is promising talk. After all, Saddam is exiled where he is at (in a way) right now. He can't make any know moves or he would be dead.

BillW, Isn't that the irony of ironies? I wonder how many people will attempt an assassination on Saddam if they knew his head carried a 25 million dollar reward? c.i.

I dunno how much I'd count on that, c.i. ... nobody's cashed The Bin Laden Check yet. Bounty huntin' jest ain't whut it usta be.



timber

I'm sure that he there is an agreed upon exile-the bounty goes away!

I think the problem is there aren't enough advertising the 25 million dollar reward - DEAD OR ALIVE! Looks pretty good on paper: $25,000,000.00 c.i.

It looks even better on a small piece of paper with my name in the "TO THE ORDER OF" box and signed by the Secretary of Treasury. Maybe this is a new thread: "Would You Pull the Trigger on Osama bin Laden or Saddam Hussein".

I'm not the violent type, so I'll leave that reward money for somebody that doesn't have any problems with executions. c.i.

I would stand in line in a blizzard to buy a ticket to do so, and I'd happily use my own weapons and ammo. Reward enough.



timber

I'll pay you a finders fee c.i. - very generous at that.

Still trying to figure out how to keep the pizza dough from getting too soggy with the beer inside those small pockets. Any ideas? You get half the finder's fee if you do. c.i.

BillW, I've told you, I'm not the 'violent' type. I got this forum mixed up with the other one on "fast foods." Sorry, everybody! c.i.

Awww, heck, c.i., I thought for a minute there you were bringin' in snacks.



timber

Setanta

Don't worry. I will keep your non compliance with the principle of infallibility as closely guarded a secret as my own.

The Prime Minister is asked Questions every week for 1/2 hour at a ritual called Prime Minister's Questions. (Logical eh?). This is the bit of theatre that you were thinking about. It very rarely reveals anything but it is sometimes entertaining. You can watch it live today in about 2 1/4 hours (1200 GMT) at http://www.parliamentlive.tv/

Well Good Morning America

And to bring a smile to your faces this sunny day, here is a cheerful little ditty written by one Pinter, H.

(Now I don't necessarily agree with the sentiments expressed therein but you will be alarmed to know that an awful lot of people in Britain and Europe do)

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God bless America

In a poem written for the Guardian, the distinguished playwright Harold Pinter takes the US to task for its seemingly inexorable march towards war on Iraq

Wednesday January 22, 2003
The Guardian

Here they go again,
The Yanks in their armoured parade
Chanting their ballads of joy
As they gallop across the big world
Praising America's God.

The gutters are clogged with the dead
The ones who couldn't join in
The others refusing to sing
The ones who are losing their voice
The ones who've forgotten the tune.

The riders have whips which cut.
Your head rolls onto the sand
Your head is a pool in the dirt
Your head is a stain in the dust
Your eyes have gone out and your nose
Sniffs only the pong of the dead
And all the dead air is alive
With the smell of America's God.

© Harold Pinter, January 2003

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All complaints please to Harold Pinter, not me.

mobilised immobilised it doesnt make any difference
dead or alive saddam will be extricated from baghdad

"Ahh, I'll be awright Gov' as soons I get me papers down Siddcup." The Caretaker

This could be make-or-break time for The UN. If the body chooses to waffle on its commitment, so be it. The US should then withdraw and serve them 30 day notice to remove themselves and their effects from New York. We can use the office space. Fickle, handwringing, obstructionist "Partners" don't do us much good. If the French want a bigger role, let them play host ... perhaps on a rotating basis with Germany.
It was America which sank The League of Nations. It would seem Francois and Fritz are busily drilling holes in this boat. We need not sit idly by and go down with it.



timber