"Iraq is not over," (elections not solve problems of ME)

[rodeodance]

http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/02/20/news/solana.html

> An E.U. Voice of Caution
> By Judy Dempsey
> The International Herald Tribune


> Monday 21 February 2005
>
> A pessimistic Solana says Iraq 'is not over.'
>
> Brussels - During the run-up to the U.S.-led war against Iraq in early 2003, Javier Solana retreated from public view, more content to keep a very low profile out of character with his role as Europe's top foreign policy chief than to engage in the bitter diplomatic exchanges over the pending war.......

>
> Solana, however, remains pessimistic on Iraq's future, dismissing any notion that the U.S. decision to invade has been vindicated.
>
> In a wide-ranging interview in his office here, he also voiced doubts about the ability of the trans-Atlantic partnership to resolve the current nuclear standoff with Iran, and called for the creation of an early warning system to defuse trans-Atlantic tensions......

> "Iraq is not over," he said. There was a long pause. Then, speaking with a hoarse voice, Solana leaned over

"So you think you are vindicated because there were elections in a region that is very close to Iran and that the Iranians might try and influence Iraq," he said. "It is not a vindication.....

[neweurope]

1. Excellent find!

:thumbsup:

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Remember Fallujah

Bush to The Hague!

[realFedUp]

2. Nothing really changed...just the pieces on the board were rearranged

electricity, water and sewers are still
on the bottom of Bush Inc.'s priorities.
It's less certain now that women will enjoy
the same freedom of education and work
they enjoyed under Saddam. People on
both sides are still being killed. Money
is disappearing like it's sand and the
military is wondering what the heck it's
doing there, other than pissing off the
citizens.

And howabout Afghanistan...home of warlords,
opium, rapes and burkas.