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mrphThat's that, then. Perhaps I'm being pessimistic, but I've just read the reports on Blair's latest speech -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2652033.stm
So, if any country applies an "unreasonable or unilateral" block at the UN, the UK will carry on and join the USA taking action against Iraq. To me that sounds very much like "if we lose the vote, or if any of the permanent members use their veto, we'll carry on regardless...". Also see the quote from Richard Perle, basically saying that the Weapons Inspectors don't matter - we know they won't find anything (because the weapons are hidden, of course), so the results of their search are irrelevant.
It's not much consolation that Blair will potentially lose his job if he takes that route, is it?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2652033.stm
So, if any country applies an "unreasonable or unilateral" block at the UN, the UK will carry on and join the USA taking action against Iraq. To me that sounds very much like "if we lose the vote, or if any of the permanent members use their veto, we'll carry on regardless...". Also see the quote from Richard Perle, basically saying that the Weapons Inspectors don't matter - we know they won't find anything (because the weapons are hidden, of course), so the results of their search are irrelevant.
It's not much consolation that Blair will potentially lose his job if he takes that route, is it?
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Date: 2003-01-13 08:48 am (UTC)but I can only form views on the information that is available. Morally though, I absolutely detest the idea of any kind of violence, and war is essentially justified murder. When I rule the world, I'll just shoot any country leaders that piss me off, rather than starting a war where innocents are killed! Or maybe do some kind of celebrity deathmatch thing, so it's just the politicians who get hurt!