Two-faced Jack
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Chicago will be forever known for “Scarface” Al Capone. For a long long time to come, France will be known for “Two-Face” Jacque Chirac. His UN duplicity in sandbagging George Bush and Colin Powell will not vanish or be forgotten any time soon. But recently, Two face Jack has made a magnanimous offer in the UN – i.e., to suspend the UN sanctions that were imposed on Saddam Hussein way back in the 90s. Suspend, mind you, not rescind. Now, why on earth should sanctions imposed on Saddam be held over the heads of a new Iraqi government sans Saddam? Maybe so the suspended sanctions could be reinstated if the New Iraq does not accommodate Chirac's bidding via the UN Lilliputians? Does anyone really think Two Face would stoop that low? My vote is “Yes, indeed”.
Obviously Mr. Chirac wants to find a way to get the UN back on the front burner so that he can enhance his chances of getting his mitts on Iraqi oil under favorable circumstances and also prevent the disclosure of trade records showing how the French defied (evaded?) the UN sanctions for years in arming and supporting Saddam. And now Two Face has support from Russia's Mr. Putin who seems to be his lapdog. My, how the mighty have fallen. But Chirac must be dreaming if he thinks he can forestall disclosure of very damning documentation. Our guys have already accumultaed tons of data and are getting more every day. In addition, there are Iraqis included in the famous deck of cards who will be very willing to spill their guts to save their fannies. The old rule is still valid – “unprincipled people stay unprincipled”.
I feel confident that George and Colin will have their day – in private and/or in public. At least I hope so. And it will indeed be a treat to see good old Two Face swing in the wind. By comparison, maybe Scarface Al wasn't all that bad.
The NY Times and LA Times will probably pooh-pooh the motives of Two Face and his buddy, but the Times op/ed people haven't conceded that the war is over yet. Must be journalists embedded with each other.