Re: [microsound] rwanda

["Ian Gallimore" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

try http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB53/index.html

i think you'll find tim was wide awake.

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To: microsound <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 6:43 PM
Subject: Re: [microsound] rwanda

> go back to sleep Tim.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tim Kugel" <guitardo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "microsound" <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 1:22 PM
> Subject: [microsound] rwanda
>
>
> > At the UN
> > those who rejected assisting Rwanda are on the rocord
> >
> > "We can't do everything - not all is militarily possible..."
> >
> > - Bill Clinton, William Cohen et al including all major foreign policy
> > Republicans and Democrats
> >
> > plus there would have been some national raccism, which would have made
it
> > politiacally impossible, and there was no oil
> >
> > no vendetta for poppa either
> >
> > no "strategic need" or "WMD" (this last point is sublimely silly)
> > I think the Rwandans get it
> > "::)" wrote:
> >
> > > someone should explain to the rwandans what it is that makes an iraqi
> child
> > > more important than a rwandan child in the eyes of the UN.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Phil Thomson" <hellomynameisphil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 10:21 PM
> > > Subject: [microsound] [ot] war
> > >
> > > > A recent speech by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi
> > > > Annan:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.un.org/apps/sg/sgstats.asp?nid=295
> > > >
> > > > Excerpt: "Thank you very much, Mr. President,
> > > >
> > > > "It is exactly a week since I last had the honour to address this
> > > > Council. During that week we have all been watching hour by hour, on
> our
> > > > television screens, the terrifying impact of modern weaponry on Iraq
> and
> > > > its people.
> > > >
> > > > "We not only mourn the dead. We must also feel anguish for the
living,
> > > > and especially for the children. We can only imagine the physical
and
> > > > emotional scars that they will bear, perhaps for the rest of their
> > > > lives.
> > > >
> > > > "All of us must regret that our intense efforts to achieve a
peaceful
> > > > solution, through this Council, did not succeed.
> > > >
> > > > "Many people ask why the Iraqi government did not take full
advantage
> of
> > > > the last chance they were given by the Council, by cooperating
> actively,
> > > > wholeheartedly - in substance as well as procedure - with the
> inspectors
> > > > that the Council sent to ensure that Iraq was disarmed of weapons of
> > > > mass destruction.
> > > >
> > > > "But, at the same time, many people around the world are seriously
> > > > questioning whether it was legitimate for some member states to
> proceed
> > > > to such a fateful action now - an action that has far-reaching
> > > > consequences well beyond the immediate military dimensions - without
> > > > first reaching a collective decision of this Council.
> > > >
> > > > "The inability of the Council to agree earlier on a collective
course
> of
> > > > action places an even greater burden on you today...."
> > > >
> > > > (continued at site)
> > > >
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