Powell Asks for NATO Help in Iraq

[RamboLiberal]

http://news.myway.com/top/article/id/256517|top|12-04-2003::12:26|reuters.html

Secretary of State Colin Powell urged NATO to take a more prominent role in postwar Iraq on Thursday, days after a dozen people allied to the United States were killed in attacks throughout the country.

Powell's call for help came as the bodies of two Japanese diplomats killed last weekend while on their way to a reconstruction conference in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit arrived in Japan for burial.

In an address to NATO foreign ministers in Brussels, Powell called on the 19-nation alliance, some of whose members opposed the war to overthrow Saddam, to take a bigger role in Iraq, where it currently provides only indirect support.

"The United States welcomes a greater NATO role in Iraq's stabilization," Powell said, according to the text of prepared remarks seen by Reuters.

After meeting the foreign ministers, Powell said none of them had opposed a greater NATO role and said he did not see a need for another U.N. resolution on Iraq at this point.

[Hobarticus]

1. Go soak your head...

...was NATO's immediate reply, unnamed sources did not confirm.

[La_Serpiente]

2. The French and Germans should ask for

concessions. If the Bush administration doesn't even respect them, why should they send troops? I believe the Bush administration is requesting for troops out of bad faith.

They should ask Bush to rejoin the debate on global warming.

[Hobarticus]

4. Good answer!

BTW, love the link to cuddlecake Karl Rove's fan page :-)

[Racenut20]

3. They are trying to use Secretary Powell.....

The only member of the Administration with any bit of credibility to bail their ass*s out of this jam.

Sec Powell, you certainly have a thankless job.

[cosmicdot]

5. NATO? are they grasping at straws?

is the Southeast Treaty Organization still going?

ANZUS?

League of Nations?

how about the Garden Clubs of America?

:freak:

the Holy Roman Empire?

Powell is role-playing for them ... he's as much of a joke as those he willingly associates and conspires with

[MasonJar]

6. In my humble

and unsolicited opinion, I think the Powell is the worst of the bunch. He knows the full story, and yet he still shills for them with a straight face. Why? I would have had respect for him if he had stood up or if he had resigned.

[Malva Zebrina]

7. Probably because your expectations of Powell were overinflated

to begin with. Most people saw Powell as a good, solid, feet on the floor, stable voice of reason,because he has practiced that demeanor incessantly, to his credit, and he has been billed as such over time. Actually, he has done absolutely nothing at all. He is an opportunist--he will float on by, like a log on the current--and when it is over, like many others, he will retire, be employed by some lobbyist firm, sit on various and sundry boards, and be a rich man--like the rest of them. He might write a book also ( and it will be ghost written) He has never really been any sort of a saviour--People were seeing an illusion that they wanted to see. There was never too much analysis--but his deception in his performance before the UN has really been the telling of the real Colin Powell--he is bought and paid for--and he probably could care less. Who is going to prosecute him or remove him from office--by now he must realize he is only window dressing, like Rice.

[guajira]

8. WH wants help - but doesn't want to share the OIL!!!!

Or contracts to rebuild, or any control over the Iraqi government.

B* is so envious of Fidel, he fancies himself a dicktator over Iraq. He's even started to dress like Fidel - wearing khaki military clothes!

[ConcernedCanuk]

9. The most powerful Nation on Earth, - - whining for "help" ??

. . I suspect it's more like trying to get other nations's involved in their "dirty" war

. . sort of a childish effort to "legitamize" their evil invasion

Just a Dumm Canuk's Observations

[pinniped]

10. The deaths need to be spread among other countries so...

President Jerkoff doesn't lose too many polling points.