highlights of Mr. Cook's resignation address

http://www.theglobalist.com/DBWeb/StoryId.aspx?StoryId018


Robin Cook: The First Casualty of War?

By Robin Cook | Wednesday, March 19, 2003

//Robin Cook, the former British Foreign Secretary and Leader of the
House of Commons, has thrown in the towel. He is the first member of
Prime Minister Tony Blair's cabinet to resign over the UK's Iraq policy.
Is political unity in Britain one of the first casualties of an
impending war? Our Globalist Document features the highlights of Mr.
Cook's resignation address.//


Now that those attempts have failed, we cannot pretend that getting a
second resolution was of no importance.



Not just France

France has been at the receiving end of bucket loads of commentary in
recent days.
It is not France alone that wants more time for inspections. Germany
wants more time for inspections. Russia wants more time for inspections.

Indeed, at no time have we signed up even the minimum necessary to carry
a second resolution.

No agreement

We delude ourselves if we think that the degree of international
hostility is all the result of President Chirac.
The reality is that Britain is being asked to embark on a war without
agreement in any of the international bodies of which we are a leading
partner