Bush and Blair Praise U.N. Plan for Iraq

[modaya]

WASHINGTON - President Bush (news - web sites), with a strong second from British Prime Minister Tony Blair (news - web sites), signaled support Friday for an interim government to take power in Iraq (news - web sites) on June 30 and said the plan under development by a U.N. envoy is "broadly acceptable to the Iraqi people."




The authority of the coalition backed by the United States will expire on the June 30 deadline previously set, Bush said, adding that American- and British-dominated military forces "will remain in Iraq to help the new government succeed."

:toast: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=1&u=/ap/20040416/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_britain_4

[pinto]

1. Any mention seen in reports, etc. of what the UN's Brahimi plan is?

and I mention that it is a UN plan for obvious reasons. We don't seem to have a plan other than the next Operation Vigilant Crusade.

[happyending]

2. quote

They...said the plan under development by a U.N. envoy is "broadly acceptable to the Iraqi people."

Who says? Are we just supposed to take their word for it?

We know from past experience exactly how much their word is
worth. Almost nothing.

Who knows, it might be that this is what the Iraqi people want,
but how did they arrive at this conclusion?

Did they do a poll? Did they let people vote on it?
What? How do we know this is true?


(edited for typo)

[qb]

3. I haven't heard of any UN plan other than stay the hell out of Iraq

because it's too dangerous.

[keithyboy]

4. They both should be ashamed and the world should be embarrassed

Bad-mouthing the UN, refusing to listen to the UN before invading Iraq. We invade, f**k things up so badly that we can't see a way out and now want the UN to bail us out. This my friends is a sign of "weakness."
Do not equate 'weakness' with 'fire power' we have plenty of fire power. But we are morally, politically, intellecutally and strategically weak!

[modaya]

6. C.mon be realistick

Do they give a fack about killing innocence, no differnce beetween bush blair sharon and Osama. did anybody see the differnce.

only I see the differnece is Osama kills without informing the innocence, the others in the bunch kill when ever they want to gain politically something

[Tellurian]

8. Yes--

"We are morally, politically, intellectually and strategically BANKRUPT!"

[damnraddem]

5. Dubya must be grasping at straws.

From what I've heard, the UN plan differed significantly from what Dubya had wanted.

[modaya]

7. Hail to our chimp and The British Donkey

[pinniped]

9. pres POS said the UN was irrelevant.

Flip-flop.

[rustydog]

10. I thought Bush considers the UN irrelevant to America...

what could possibly have changed his mind (flip-flop) so quickly?