57 Americans lost their life but to Iraqi leaders it a game and thank god it's over! It's sad that lives were lost to a "game"

UNITED NATIONS - Iraq (news - web sites)'s U.N. ambassador said Wednesday "the game is over" — and that means the war is over. Mohammed Al-Douri expressed hope that the Iraqi people will now be able to live in peace. His comments were the first admission by an Iraqi official that U.S.-led forces had overwhelmed Iraqi forces after a three-week campaign.



"My work now is peace," he told reporters outside his New York residence. "The game is over, and I hope the peace will prevail. I hope the Iraqi people will have a happy life."


Al-Douri was asked what he meant when he said "the game is over."


"The war," he responded.


When asked about Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites), Al-Douri said he had no "relationship with Saddam."


"I have no communication with Iraq," the ambassador said.


Questioned about Al-Douri's comments, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said: "Well, I would say it wasn't a game, first."


Speaking in Washington, Rumsfeld said the war was "over" when Saddam refused to accept his last chance to cooperate with the U.N. disarmament resolutions. "It was only a matter of time after that."


Rumsfeld added that there was still lots of "difficult, dangerous" work ahead in Iraq.


Earlier, Al-Douri told Associated Press Television News: "This is a war, and there will be a winner and someone who is a loser."


When asked what he thought about scenes being broadcast from Baghdad, he said, "Well I don't know really, I watch the television like you."


He said that because of the war he has been unable to contact any government officials "for a long time."

Guess where Mr. Ambassador is going?

FRANCE!

At least that was reported tonight on several networks. How appropriate.

I WILL NEVER FORGIVE LEFRANCE! NO LEFRENCH VACATION'S CARS........NOTHING I HATE ALL THINGS "LE".

I HAVE A $450.00 OF DEUTZ THAT I AM SAVING FOR MY FIRST PROTEST!

There are some very serious consequences from France / Germany / Russia's actions during this conflict. There is talk writing off Iraq's billions of dollars of debt to these countries because they are arguably "odicous debt", meaning that Saddam entered into these transactions without the consent of the Iraqi people - ergo, they should not be held liable for the money. I believe this was their main concern for behaving the way they did in the first place. I think there may be even more trouble from them in the future...

__________________
joE
1993 300e-2.8 - gone now <sigh>
"Do not adjust your mind, it's reality that's malfunctioning"
http://banners.wunderground.com/bann...L/Key_West.gif

For them to do is go after his personal assets. Doesn't he have billions of dollars in different banks around the world?