---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "ChrisD(RJ)" <chrisd at russiajournal.com> Reply-To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 16:37:33 +0300
>Hussein's resignation can stop war - Gorbachev
>
>MOSCOW. March 26 (Interfax) - Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's voluntary
>resignation can put an end to the military conflict in Iraq, Former USSR
>President Mikhail Gorbachev told journalists in Moscow.
> "The only way out now is for Hussein to become a peacemaker and step
>down," Gorbachev said.
> The U.S. led war is "a huge political mistake. It is a blow to the
>United Nations, primarily its Security Council and to international law as
>a whole," he said.
> The United States "may do things they won't be able to cope with. This
>is a step towards chaos in international relations and unmanageable
>consequences," he said.
> In this war, the United States is pursuing its own objectives rather
>than the goals of eradicating terrorism and non-proliferation of weapons of
>mass destruction, he said.
> Moreover, the war showed the double standards of U.S. democracy. "Where
>is their touted democracy? Under the banner of protecting freedom and
>democracy, they want to 'bring happiness' to one country after another.
>What kind of democracy is it if most the UN Security Council members and
>the public opinion oppose military action?" he said.
> "The UN Security Council should be convened and raise the issue of
>minimizing the destruction and bloodshed in Iraq.".
> Furthermore, he said that the UN Security Council should be expanded to
>include Japan, Germany, and representatives of Africa, Asia and Latin
>America.
>