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Britain's Parliament just voted 412-149 to grant the government of Prime Minister Tony Blair permission to use "all means necessary" to disarm Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
PostPosted:Tue Mar 18, 2003 8:35 pm
by EsquE
<div style='font: bold 12pt Arial; text-align: left; '>Britain's Parliament just voted 412-149 to grant the government of Prime Minister Tony Blair permission to use "all means necessary" to disarm Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.</div>
PostPosted:Tue Mar 18, 2003 10:51 pm
by Tessian
<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>but...that's impossible!! By Seeker's facts 98% of the world doesn't want this war...that just doesn't add up!</div>
PostPosted:Tue Mar 18, 2003 11:50 pm
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>He pulled 98% out of the air, but there is not a majority backing for the war in Britain.</div>
PostPosted:Wed Mar 19, 2003 12:03 am
by EsquE
<div style='font: bold 12pt Arial; text-align: left; '>True, more of a 50-50 split like everywhere else, but that happens with extreme issues...this is more of a victory for Blair who thought the labor party would be more strongly against him...</div>
PostPosted:Wed Mar 19, 2003 12:24 am
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>I could have sworn I read 40 - 30 on the BBC, but I can't find it anywhere, let alone I can't remember which side goes to which numbers.</div>
PostPosted:Wed Mar 19, 2003 8:38 am
by Julius Seeker
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Parliament is made up of politicians, and just about any citizen in the UK will tell you they'e corrupt.</div>
PostPosted:Wed Mar 19, 2003 9:41 am
by Zeus
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Britian is one country out of what, 250?</div>
PostPosted:Wed Mar 19, 2003 9:43 am
by Zeus
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>50-50 my ass. More like 80-20. Really, the people outside of the US borders REALLY do not like the US, even here in Canada. There's a reason Canadians are told to wear Canadian flags when they travel to Europe...it's so we're not mistaken as US citizens...</div>
PostPosted:Wed Mar 19, 2003 11:27 am
by ManaMan
<div style='font: 12pt Arial; text-align: left; '>lol... actually from what I've heard only about 10-12% of brits actually support the war. It's just the hawkish ultra-conservatives in parliament who are for it.</div>
PostPosted:Wed Mar 19, 2003 12:15 pm
by EsquE
<div style='font: bold 12pt Arial; text-align: left; '>Show me some numbers...most of the polls I've seen on Canadian tv are usually 40-60 going both ways...and anti-american sentiment should not have a bearing on whether or not military action is called for, at least for intelligent people...</div>
PostPosted:Wed Mar 19, 2003 2:15 pm
by Zeus
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Ok, I'll produce a biased poll to refute your biased poll....just watch the internation news media or ask first-gen immigrants, you'll start to see what I'm talking about</div>
PostPosted:Wed Mar 19, 2003 2:41 pm
by G-man Joe
<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>Are Iraqis in the US opposed to war? Anyone know?</div>
PostPosted:Wed Mar 19, 2003 2:59 pm
by Tessian
<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>wasn't that guy on the radio broadcast you posted an ex-Iraqi in the US?</div>
PostPosted:Thu Mar 20, 2003 9:37 am
by G-man Joe
<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>I doubt Zeus would want to listen to that.</div>