
Posted by quisling on 1/30/2003, 3:07 pm, in reply to "8 European nations endorse Bush's stance on Iraq " Attack Iraq! --Previous Message--
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(what follows is a quote from a letter to the Flagpole, Athens GA 's alt weekly (1/29/03)...)
What answer does George W. Bush and the Republicans have for a dismal economic performance, environmental pillaging, failing schools, a dysfunctional health insurance system, corporate greed, drug company price gouging, antiquated mental health programs?
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: [cut and pasted from a major newspaper
: (using AP as a source...)]
: Associated Press
:
:
: WASHINGTON -- Bouyed by key support
: from eight European allies in his
: hard line against Iraq, President
: Bush weighed setting a deadline
: for Saddam Hussein to disarm.
: With a crucial second round of United
: Nations talks set for next
: Wednesday, Bush began a flurry of
: last-minute consultations with
: world leaders.
: Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was
: due in the Oval Office on
: Thursday, a day after his country
: pleased White House officials with
: permission -- one of the few
: concrete offers from Europe -- to
: use its bases for refueling and
: other "technical"
: functions during any military
: action.
: In a letter published Thursday in
: newspapers including The Wall
: Street Journal and the Times of
: London, the leaders of Britain,
: Spain, Italy, Portugal, Hungary,
: the Czech Republic, Poland and
: Denmark paid homage to the
: "bravery and generosity of
: America" in ensuring peace in
: Europe.
: And in a veiled attack on France and
: Germany -- which are not
: supporting the U.S. position on
: Iraq -- the leaders call for
: "unwavering determination and
: firm international cohesion on the
: part of all countries for whom
: freedom is precious."
: "The transatlantic relationship
: must not become a casualty of the
: current Iraqi regime's persistent
: attempts to threaten world
: security," the eight leaders
: wrote. "Our strength lies in
: unity.
: "The Iraqi regime and its
: weapons of mass destruction
: represent a clear threat to world
: security," the premiers
: wrote.
: (......)
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