Monday, September 29, 2003
[Jack Straw] called on sceptics to "think for a moment" what the world would now be facing if action had not been taken. Well, let's see, the world would be facing a tyrant who six months before Sept. 11th the US Administration had confidently said was contained and did not have the resources to launch an attack on his neighbours.
He told the UN assembly that if Britain and the US had held back from war Saddam Hussein would have been emboldened, "every dictator encouraged", and the UN's authority "gravely weakened".
Whereas the US saying "Fuck the UN, we're going to attack regardless of what they say" really bolstered the UN's authority in the eyes of the world?
He told the UN assembly that if Britain and the US had held back from war Saddam Hussein would have been emboldened, "every dictator encouraged", and the UN's authority "gravely weakened".
Whereas the US saying "Fuck the UN, we're going to attack regardless of what they say" really bolstered the UN's authority in the eyes of the world?
