John Negroponte is Rubber, the Iraqi Ambassador to the UN is Glue

SoFla Metro · Mar 27, 2003

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030327/ap_on_re_mi_ea/war_un_iraq_10

MLSNHTOWN · Mar 27, 2003

The U.S. ambassador rejected charges by the majority of speakers that the U.S.-led campaign in Iraq was illegal and unilateral, saying Iraq brought the war on by not complying with U.N. resolutions that ended the first Gulf War (news - web sites) in 1991.

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I love this part. It is my favorite line. I don't know why they didn't advocate this position from the beginning. There repeated attempts to seek passage of a new resolution indicated their belief that they needed one.

SoFla Metro · Mar 28, 2003

Originally posted by MLSNHTOWN
The U.S. ambassador rejected charges by the majority of speakers that the U.S.-led campaign in Iraq was illegal and unilateral, saying Iraq brought the war on by not complying with U.N. resolutions that ended the first Gulf War (news - web sites) in 1991.

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I love this part. It is my favorite line. I don't know why they didn't advocate this position from the beginning. There repeated attempts to seek passage of a new resolution indicated their belief that they needed one.
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Just in case anybody's forgotten:

There's no 'automaticity' and this is a two-stage process, and in that regard we have met the principal concerns that have been expressed for the resolution. Whatever violation there is, or is judged to exist, will be dealt with in the council, and the council will have an opportunity to consider the matter before any other action is taken.
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Negroponte said this re: Resolution 1441.

Liar.

Dan Loney · Mar 28, 2003

I don't know why I'm being fair to Negroponte, who's richly earned having to sit alone in the UN cafeteria. But the Iraqi ambassador did accuse the US of genocide, which isn't a charge I would expect a US ambassador to sit still for.