ABC News reports: EU Increasingly Divided Over Iraq Issue
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was “making a charade of inspection,” signaling that the United States’ closest ally had only drawn closer. Straw said “time has almost run out. If this failure to comply continues, then Iraq will have to face serious consequences.”
Germany’s Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, however, left the EU meeting reasserting Berlin’s steadfast opposition to war against Iraq.
I wonder what part of “last chance” Germany fails to comprehend? Saddam has failed to cooperate with the UN inspectors, and has made it clear to its scientists that they had better not comply, under penality of death.
It seems to me that the last chance is over. The longer the charade continues, the better Saddam gets at hiding his weapons, the better he gets at building missiles to carry them, and the more weapons he builds. This is not supposed to be a game of cat and mouse.
I hope the President stresses the lack of cooperation and the Iraqi support of Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups in the speech tonight, and that we continue massing troops around Iraq. If the invasion is to be lead by a coalition of Anglosphere nations and sensisble Europeans, leaving Germany, France, Sweden, and Hollywood (“Now that I’m sober, I watch a lot of news”) out in the cold, so be it.
I like the image. It works well and is just clever! 🙂
Is that yours? May I use it?
I stole it fair and square from Free Republic, so your guess is as good as mine as to who owns the rights, Dean.
Nifty picture, however, my only complaint is that the comparison insults weasels… 🙂