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| Arabs still running around in circles on Iraq |
| 2003-02-28 |
| Frustrated in their efforts to find a united stance on the Iraq standoff, the foreign ministers of several Arab countries set up a committee to resolve the issue before an Arab League summit this weekend. Set up a committee, did they? That always works... The foreign ministers' failure after hours of debate Thursday showed just how divided their governments are about handling the crisis in Iraq, a fellow Arab nation and a member of the Arab League. Some countries, like Kuwait, argue that war on Iraq is inevitable and say the focus should be on planning for the aftermath. A second camp, including Egypt and Saudi Arabia, argues that war can be avoided if Iraq cooperates fully with U.N. inspectors seeking to verify that it has eliminated its weapons of mass destruction. A third camp, led by Syria, wants Arabs to rally around Iraq and produce a summit declaration unequivocally opposed to war. I'm impressed. Only three camps on one issue... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #3 "Frustrated in their efforts to find a united stance on the Iraq standoff, the foreign ministers of several Arab countries set up a committee to resolve the issue before an Arab League summit this weekend." Before they start their meetings, they should first get a copy and read "al"-Parkinson's Law. Everything you need to know about the good, bad and ugly of committees. I am just trying to save these folks valuable time. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-02-28 17:34:12 |
| #2 By now, many (maybe most) of even the Arab world realizes that the Arab League is a joke. The only people who actually care what the Arab League says are some Al-Guardian and other columnists, the left over dregs of Communism and of course NPR and the Berkeley faculty lounge. |
| Posted by: mhw 2003-02-28 14:45:10 |
| #1 Now that the Arab League has formed the commitee, they should have this situation solved in....years? decades? milleniums? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-02-28 13:17:36 |