US Senate unanimously approves measure seeking NATO, UN support in Iraq

[NNN0LHI]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1504&ncid=1504&e=5&u=/afp/20030711/ts_afp/us_iraq_postwar_politics_030711022848

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Senate unanimously approved a measure calling on the White House to consider requesting NATO and UN troops in Iraq.

In a 97-0 vote, the senators said President George W. Bush (news - web sites) "should consider requesting formally and expeditiously that NATO raise a force for deployment in post-war Iraq similar to what it has done in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Kosovo."

The amendment was authored by Senators Joe Biden of Delaware, Carl Levin of Michigan, Tom Daschle of South Dakota and Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts -- all Democrats -- and came during deliberations to fund US overseas operations for the coming fiscal year.

Shortly after the vote, senior Democrats in the US Senate held a press conference denouncing US policy in Iraq, calling on the US administration to end its quarrel with France and Germany and to ask for foreign reinforcements to back up US troops currently in Iraq.

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[CatWoman]

1. NATO should tell Bush

to fuck himself.

[are_we_united_yet]

5. It would be hard to blame them

[Maple]

2. Gosh, sorry

Canada's busy.

Afghanistan you know.

[hatrack]

3. Such unanimity! Such steely resolve!!

Shame none of the terrible ifs now accumulating in Iraq occurred to these Rt. Hon. Members five or six months ago, especially since France and Germany both (politely) told us to go fuck ourselves in the absence of a valid UN mandate.

[Punkingal]

4. Wow!

They agreed unanimously on something? This is truly amazing!

[CatWoman]

6. The flood gates have been opened

and a simple band aid won't do.

The Repubs have to do something, and quick.

Bush is in freefall. Which means they will be, too.

It's a smart, self-serving move.

[moondust]

7. Ahhhh, the smell of desperation.

You can bet the U.S. is on its knees when the current Senate finds itself unanimously backing four Democrats on anything. The bills must be rolling in by the truckload along with the coffins.

Will they claim the "Freedom Fries" and the boycotts and "punishment" and the "Old Europe" remarks and the damnation of the U.N. and shutting everybody out of the rebuilding contracts and on and on and on were all in fun? Just joking around you guys! HaHaHa! Now give us your blood, your money, your sympathy! Hurry up!

:puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke:

[LuminousX]

8. There's a tough phone call to make

"Hey, France, yeah, Bush here. How's it going? Good, good. Say... remember that thing awhile ago about Iraq... yeah, yeah, that thing you told me to wait on. See, here's the thing, I don't know if you've been reading the papers - oh, you have, so you know. Uh-huh, yeah, so do you think maybe you could spare a few troops? Just a few to tide us over until a new batch of 18 year olds go through boot camp. What's that? Yellow, really, I said that? Wow, you know, I'm sorry, I don't really recall that. I kid around a lot. Just yesterday I called my brother a fucking moron. What, M-O-R-uh-A-N? Why?"

[LibDemAlways]

9. Biden was one of the chimp's biggest pro-war cheerleaders.

NATO and the UN's response should be very simple: You broke it. You fix it.

[NNN0LHI]

10. Sorry but I posted this dupe. Please post to the tread below. Don

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=7296&mesg_id=7296&page=

[VolcanoJen]

11. Kick!

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