Attention: Are they not perhaps pushing for an early March attack on Iraq?
Epimenedes | 21.02.2003 09:54
The lunar cycle gives two ideal times for the Americans, with their night fighting advantages to go in: very early March or very late March/early April. Recent rumblings from Rumsfeld, and Blair's appeal to the old 1441 resolution, warns us that after all they may still go early
The lunar cycle gives two ideal times for the Americans, with their night fighting advantages to go in: very early March or very late March/early April. Recent rumblings from Rumsfeld, and Blair's appeal to the old 1441 resolution, warns us that after all they may still go in early March.
Put these pieces of information together:
"Britain, U.S. plan to present resolution to UN next week"
http://www.canoe.ca/LondonNews/lf.lf-02-21-0016.html
(ie. the talk earlier this week that they would wait until mid-March for a new resolution may not be correct)
with
"Rumsfeld: Military ready to go if Bush gives order"
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/02/21/sprj.irq.rumsfeld
http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=07D2D7B1-C5E7-490B-9716DFB2185BF5E1
with
"Both the United States and Britain warn their citizens to leave Iraq, Kuwait, and the occupied territories of Israel immediately"
http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=35E77821-89DB-4615-B5697759F5E7D406
They had always preferred the early March deadline, and had thought it was on stream until Blix, and the French/German/Russian opposition, made a mid-February UN agreement impossible.
BUT THE BASTARDS CONTINUED TO WORK TO THEIR ORIGINAL MILITARY TIMETABLE
so people perhaps need to be ready to be very busy in the next couple of weeks.
Put these pieces of information together:
"Britain, U.S. plan to present resolution to UN next week"
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(ie. the talk earlier this week that they would wait until mid-March for a new resolution may not be correct)
with
"Rumsfeld: Military ready to go if Bush gives order"
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![](/img/extlink.gif)
with
"Both the United States and Britain warn their citizens to leave Iraq, Kuwait, and the occupied territories of Israel immediately"
![](/img/extlink.gif)
They had always preferred the early March deadline, and had thought it was on stream until Blix, and the French/German/Russian opposition, made a mid-February UN agreement impossible.
BUT THE BASTARDS CONTINUED TO WORK TO THEIR ORIGINAL MILITARY TIMETABLE
so people perhaps need to be ready to be very busy in the next couple of weeks.
Epimenedes
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Early March is probably right
21.02.2003 14:34
Steve
Steve
Or is this just to scare the French/Russians?
21.02.2003 15:30
I am inclining in this direction: I think this is an attempt by the British and Americans to suggest to the French and Russians to cut their deal now, or else....
This is an attempt to build diplomatic momentum so that when Blix reports some mild Iraqi hesitancy then all the diplomatic spadework will already have been done, and they can let loose the blitzkrieg (sorry I meant shock and awe) in the last two weeks of March
So: Chirac! Putin! hold firm, and don't let them play with you
Ghost Buster