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Originally posted by Undertoad
Oh, and one more thing tw, just for the fun of it:
Getting a lecture on not starting a war from a German is a little.. uh... ironic, don't cha think?
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Largest numbers of American immigrants were from ... Germany.
Yes, even Germans can be reformed. Just stick them in a melting pot - be it America or the European Union.
Original purpose of NATO? To keep America in, the USSR out, and Germans down.
Considering everything posted here and even Chancellor Shröder's benchmark political statements (his recent change of position), George Jr's speech to the UN on 12 Sept will be major news. Literally everything in the Bush doctrine - the 'axis of evil' - is now dependent on what he says in that speech. George Jr has no choice. He must make a case for the invasion of Iraq since nothing else was more important to his adminstration.
George Jr's admininstration was planning to justify attacks on Iraq before 11 Sept and before he publically declared an 'axis of evil'. For some strange reason, the elimination of Saddam has always been #1 on George Jr's list of priorities. 11 Sept and Intafada II simply distracted him.
This will be George Jr's showdown. He must prove that Saddam, the recognized leader of a sovereign nation, a UN member, can be removed by force only because of what he may do. This is not an easy task especially since so many major American allies have already declared that ervidence of a threat does not exist.
Adlai Stevenson went before the UN during the Cuban Missile crisis with his "I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over ..." confronation - complete with secret satellite photographs. Krushchev's famous "We will bury you" while slamming his shoe on the pulpit. Something rare in the UN - a dramatic confrontation. George Jr's speech must be on par with those famous historical events - to justify an unprovoked or suprise attack on Iraq. I have no doubt that he will be at his best in that speech. I doubt he can provide sufficient evidence to sway the French, Germans, Russians, and China. Expect that speech to be carried live on all commercial broadcast stations of any consequence.