Blame France

If the United States is able to coerce nine Security Council members to authorise its fucking war, but France (and/or Russia and China) vetoes the resolution, we go to war anyway because France's veto will have been "unreasonable". (Yep, it's right there in the UN Charter: "Unreasonable vetoes, as determined by The Superbrain, shall become null and void.")

During The Superbrain's March 7 Press Conference, when asked if the U.S. would call for a vote "even if you aren't sure you have the votes", he answered, "No matter what the whip count is, we're calling for the vote. We want to see people stand up and say what their opinion is about Saddam Hussein and the utility of the United Nations Security Council."

It now appears that, unable to attain the requisite "whip count", the U.S. will drop its plans to submit its new resolution to a vote (in which case it would be "free" to annihilate Iraq at any time), because, well, those nasty French have poisoned the diplomatic process altogether. Knowing that France will veto any new resolution, it is now argued, resigns the "swing countries" to voting against the resolution. (No word on whether knowing the U.S. will bomb away regardless of "unreasonable" vetoes would resign the "swing countries" to also voting for the resolution, thus setting up a fascinating paradox.)

Logic, my pretties, logic! His logic skillz separate The Superbrain from us mortals.

Posted by Eddie Tews at March 15, 2003 07:26 PM