Some more info about the U.N. and the french.
FRANCE ... LONG-TIME PROTECTOR OF SADDAM
Colin Powell says that there is growing support for yet another new Security Council resolution calling for the mother of all deadlines for Saddam Hussein. This deadline would be days, not weeks. The next last chance would be hours, not days.
Think back to when Iraq agreed to disarm in 1991. How may days did Iraq have then? This was about 4,300 days ago …. When Saddam Hussein promised to disarm within 15 days. So .. he’s approximately 4,285 days late. That’s about 2970% overdue.
So, would France veto a new resolution with a final deadline? This brings us to something else you may not remember. I heard this from Brit Hume yesterday. When the current UN inspections program was created by the United Nations France did not vote for it. France abstained. Now France claims its absolute devotion to an inspections regime it didn't even favor!
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Can anyone out there cite me one instance where the United Nations actually stepped forward and put action behind rhetoric to make the world a safer place? Now I'm not saying it hasn't happened. I'm just saying I can't remember it ever happening. So ... all you wonderful fans of the Untied Nations step forward and let me know. Just when has the UN ever lived up to it's billing as a force for good and peace in the world?
For instance .. what is the United Nations doing about North Korea? Anything? Has the Security Council met on North Korea? And what has the United Nations committee on refugees done about those North Korean refugees that are swarming across the border into China? China calls these pathetic emaciated Koreans "economic refugees" and sends them back. This is a violation of the UN's precious international law. What has the UN done? Anything?
AND WHO NEEDS THE PERMISSION OR SUPPORT OF THE UN ANYWAY?
This information comes from the Council on Foreign Relations. That ought to give your conspiracy advocates something to angst over.
Since the United Nations was formed there have been about 26 international conflicts. Shooting wars involving member nations. Of these 26 conflicts, only 3 received UN support. The three that did receive U.N. support were The Korean War, the Gulf War and the war in Afghanistan. You have noted, haven't you, that the United States requested the UN approval in all three instances. The Russians, the French and the Chinese .. all of who have engaged in international conflicts since the inception of the United Nations, have never sought UN backing for their military moves.
10 DIRTY DEALS THAT FRANCE HAS DONE TO AID SADDAM.
TWO-faced Jacques Chirac has cosied up to evil Saddam Hussein for 30 years. Here are ten links between France and Iraq that have helped the tyrant remain in power.
1. The French President first met Saddam in 1972 when the pair struck a lucrative oil deal. Chirac described Saddam then as a “personal friend” and little appears to have changed. Chirac is the only Western head of state to know Saddam personally.
2. France has sold the tyrant arms worth £15billion, more than even the Soviets at the height of the Cold War.
3. They have also built two nuclear reactors near Baghdad.
4. Saddam was close to getting an A-bomb before Israeli jets blitzed his facilities in 1981 in a raid condemned by Chirac as “unacceptable”. Without Israel’s hardline act, Saddam could have held the world to ransom with nuclear arms.
5. Chirac is so keen to build on relations with Saddam he has his own special envoy in Baghdad who is so trusted he is even allowed to sit in on Iraqi Cabinet meetings.
6. Despite world opinion, the men have continued to cut deals. Chirac encouraged French firms to help re-arm Iraq after its war with Iran in the 1980s. French companies sold Baghdad warplanes armed with Exocet missiles.
7. Chirac was so keen to help his old pal he even extended him credit when Iraq failed to meet the repayments. France also sold Iraq equipment to improve the accuracy and range of Scud missiles.
8. Despite tough UN trade sanctions, French firms hold massive oil contracts with Iraq. And there are many more in the pipeline — even in the aftermath of a second Gulf War, Chirac has told energy bosses.
9. Time and time again France has turned a blind eye to Iraq’s abuses when they have been exposed by the UN Security Council. It comes as no surprise to diplomats that French firms keep on landing lucrative deals.
10. World leaders were horrified after Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990 but France again helped Saddam. Under pressure from Chirac, then President Francois Mitterrand sent emissaries to 24 countries assuring them France would only participate in the war as a “defensive” measure.
Just some more things to think about.
Allister Fiend
sorry this was so long. also, most of this info taken from Neil Boortz's website.
http://www.boortz.com