On Sat, 3 Apr 2004 07:33:50 +1200, "Richard" rlmccannathotmail.com wrote:

"Alan Minyard" wrote in message
.. .

I was merely pointing out that 1. The UN is not involved in rebuilding
Iraq and
2. NZ is incapable of making a significant contribution to the rebuilding
that
the US has undertaken. Politically, NZ has acted appropriately by sending
a token force.

NZ responded to UN Security Council resolution 1483 which called upon member
states to help meet the humanitarian and other needs of the Iraqi people by
providing food, medical supplies, and resources necessary for the
reconstruction and rehabilitation of Iraq's economic infrastructure. We are
a member of the UN doing work requested by the UN. The UN is therefore in
Iraq.
Our rebuilding is being done to help, at our cost. We are a small country
doing what we can. We are not involved in the looting of the country's
resources.

The UN is not in Iraq. What part of that do you not understand??

It is not that NZ is a small country, it is that NZ has decided to abandon
their own defense. Don't **** off the Aussies or you will have no
defense at all.

Al Minyard