Bad news for the B-Liar!
Jack Straw yesterday broke the government's prolonged silence over the growing anarchy in Iraq, urging coalition forces to hold back and emphasising the need to maintain a political, as well as military strategy.
In sombre mood, the foreign secretary accepted the surge in violence was worse than he ever expected and represented the "most serious" threat to face the coalition since the war formally ended a year ago.
But the tone of Mr Straw's remarks prompted speculation that he questioned the current military strategy.snip
The move came amid reports that Washington has contacted Paris to request a French role in an international protection force for UN employees in Iraq.
A French foreign ministry spokesman confirmed the approach but said yesterday that it was too early to respond.
"The question of a possible UN reinvolvement in Iraq depends on a number of questions that are far from being resolved," the spokesman said.
Britain fears that plans for a UN resolution by mid-May will be severely jeopardised by the uprising, the deepening fissures within the Shia community, and the fear that the US is losing political legitimacy in the eyes of Iraqi leaders.http://politics.guardian.co.uk/iraq/story/0,12956,1189341,00.html If the BFEE is doing secret negotiations w/the French, hiding this from Americans, and this gets leaked, they can say bye-bye to their freeper base.
Now, let's also hope Larry Flynt's book comes out at the same time.
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