Short's revelations are quite shocking and a definite embarrassment to the Blair Administration. However, there are also serious implications that undermines the scandal as sold by the media. This incident plus the subsequent confirmations of spying episodes at the UN by Botrous Ghali and Richard Butler do really reinforce the Bush Doctrine of preemption in the long run. It also feeds on earlier suspicions of the integrity of the UN system. Every one knows that the UN is a den of spies and corrupt diplomats from the Third Wold countries. As such no responsible US president shall never bet US National Security interests on such an effete organization. Ebou __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Get better spam protection with Yahoo! Mail. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~