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Wednesday, March 05, 2003
posted by gbarto at 8:11 PM:
Big day today. Here are the most important stories in the view of the TurkeyBlog:France, Russia, Germany Vow to Block Resolution
Which means the US will lead a multilateral coalition. France, in particular, has shown itself to be more concerned with establishing what I'll call a hégémonie des has been (and yes, the latter term is proper French, attested to in the Petit Robert) than the actual issues in the Middle East. I think Mr. Blair has his "unreasonable veto" assured and thus will be able to proceed with us.
U.S., Britain Up Air Patrols to Mask Timing of War's Start
It hasn't already? If we're flying over and occasionally using weapons, I think we're at war. But there is one distinction to be made: The US and UK have heretofore (to the best of my knowledge) only fired on positions that threatened their planes. That would mean that Iraq has launched a war against the US, the UK and the UN, for American and British planes are currently active in the territory in order to enforce UN resolutions. The war has started. The only question is when the Freedom Coalition will respond to Saddam's implicit declaration of war with an explicit one of its own.
Hussein Blasts Order to Destroy Missiles
No word, though, on whether that means Iraq will stop destroying them.
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