Turkey and Saudi Arabia are both saying that no troops without UN authorization

[Anthony Kennerson]

I wish that I could share your enthusiasm, Nathan; but I fear that the warmongers have probably planned for this all the while.  After all, they have known for very long that there is widespread opposition in both Saudi Arabia and Turkey to the US action; and they have more than likely taken that into their future plans.  (They can always launch their missles from Qatar, and last I forgot, Kuwait is still a staunch ally of the US.

It's a great move...but ultimately, it won't stop the Bushies.  The global protests, however, might do just that if we allow them to proceed.

Anthony

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On Tue, 18 Feb 2003 18:28:11  

 Nathan Newman wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "soil ride" <solrde at msn.com
>>My apocalyptic prediction:
>
>Jesus C-----!
>
>Can't anyone on the left ever accept the idea of the possibility of winning
>a round?
>
>Are folks just so completely wedded to the romance of defeat?
>
>Sure Bush may try something and he may even pull his war out of the
>dumpster, but his options have narrowed because of global organizing by left
>and popular forces worldwide.
>
>His popularity is falling and that of his global allies in Spain, Australia,
>Britain and Italy have plunged.  People in the US are actively make fun of
>his "orange alerts", thereby diminishing his power to use the "terrorist
>threat" card to revive his fortunes.  He's gone to that well once too often.
>
>But I return to my amazement that folks seem wedded to the impossibility of
>victory.
>
>There is a pathology of hopelessness on the left that I think is rooted in
>the comfort that the impossibility of victory means that no compromises must
>ever be made, since it won't make any difference anyways.
>
>-- Nathan
>
>
>

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