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Jerkass · 1st Dec 2004, 23:05

Not even sure how to comment about this.

wshaw · 2nd Dec 2004, 10:06

The irony is that the US administration appears to have given the nod and the wink to allow the smuggling of oil to Turkey and therefore colluded just as much as the UN did, but now the White House is fed up with Annan for not kow-towing to its will, they want to use it as a stick to beat him with.

bakunin_the_cat · 3rd Dec 2004, 14:11

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Originally Posted by wshaw

The irony is that the US administration appears to have given the nod and the wink to allow the smuggling of oil to Turkey and therefore colluded just as much as the UN did, but now the White House is fed up with Annan for not kow-towing to its will, they want to use it as a stick to beat him with.

Sounds about right. Also by attacking the UN, they are also implicitly attacking the Democrats who want stronger relations with the UN and the wider international community, and therefore strengthening their own position.

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wshaw Senior Palimpsester could do better Join Date: 13 May 2003 Location: Brighton, uk Posts: 1,658	The irony is that the US administration appears to have given the nod and the wink to allow the smuggling of oil to Turkey and therefore colluded just as much as the UN did, but now the White House is fed up with Annan for not kow-towing to its will, they want to use it as a stick to beat him with.

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