[Peace] New U.N. resolution means no war for at least this year

[Alfred Kagan]

I don't think the Today Show is the most authoritative source.  The 
UN resolution may be voted today.  According to the NYT, the French 
have caved in but the Russians still have concerns. This vote may or 
may not happen today. So far the new language has not been in the 
NYT, and I take it that this means that it has not been released. 
That means that they are probably still haggling.
The US is looking for language that will be ambiguous.  Evidently, 
the US has agreed to consult with the UN Security Council over 
whether or not Iraq is complying with this new resolution, but they 
will not agree to wait for a UN vote before going to war. They have 
repeatedly said that they want to go to war in the winter because 
this is the best weather for wearing protective gear against chemical 
or biological warfare.  Just because they say this does not mean that 
they will follow it. In fact, it could mean that they are trying to 
throw us off guard by not expecting something until the winter.


At 8:08 AM -0600 11/8/02, charles joseph smith wrote:
>As you may or may not heard, we have a reprieve. War will not happen
>on Iraq until
>at least February. The U.N. (as I watched the Today Show on NBC) had made
>a brand new resolution regarding Iraq. The new resolution tells Iraq that
>it must allow unconditioned, unfettered, unrestricted access to all
>Iraqi sites--even the sites Saddam Hussein regards as off-limits, such as
>the presidential palaces. The time period for the warning is about 2-3
>months.
>If Iraq doesn't comply, military action might happen around February.
>
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