Let me help Pete::
Finbow: Resolution of EU Parliament in 2000...
http://www.medea.be/index.html?page=2&lang=en&doc=418
Quote:
1. Reiterates its position as expressed in its abovementioned resolution of 13 April 2000 and calls upon the UN Security Council to commence a dialogue with a view to lifting the economic embargo while maintaining a strict arms embargo on Iraq;
2. Proposes sending parliamentary fact-finding delegations with a view to opening a dialogue to establish how the oil-for-food programme can be extended to improve the living conditions of the Iraqi people;
3. Expresses its belief that EU diplomacy should try to bring about a lifting of the no-fly zone, together with a formal renunciation by the Iraqi Government of the use of military force in dealing with the demands for autonomy of the Kurdish people;
4. Reiterates the need for the UN, WHO and Red Cross to continue to monitor the importation and equitable distribution of goods and services, so that the benefits thereof reach the most deprived and vulnerable people in Iraq;
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And more.... stuff. One of 6 or 8 resolutions DEPLORING the continuing policy of pummeling and punishment..
Or how about?
Quote:
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"We are in the process of destroying an entire society. It is as simple and terrifying as that. It is illegal and immoral." Denis Halliday, after resigning as first UN Assistant Secretary General and Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq, The Independent, 15 October 1998
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From a PBS frontline episode...
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Albright's tough new stance seemed oddly out of step with the trends; even as the U.S. position grew tougher, other countries were taking steps to bring Saddam's regime back into the international fold --without any change in government.
In the first half of 1997, a growing number of America's partners in the coalition sent diplomats back to Baghdad and struck commercial deals. Italy, Spain, and Greece reopened embassies in Baghdad, while France staffed an interest section there for the first time in seven years. All of these moves indicated a de facto acceptance of the rogue regime. Two delegations of Italian parliamentarians, and one of French, visited Iraq for talks, while a former senior French military officer headed a group of business executives from some 50 companies that staged a three-day "fair" in an attempt to secure business contracts.
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No more proof needed... It was a failed and despised policy that needed to be changed.
So much for "bush's war".. At least he had the sense to make a change.. Even if it wasn't the best option..
That's why it's so irritating to me to hear the leftists TRY to rewrite history by intimating that Bush's war was simply about oil or his Daddy. ACTUALLY history will take into account the 1st 12 years of failed Iraq policy AS WELL AS the less than ideal Bush Solution..