Not Your Sweetie

Advisors Warn bush he faces
Humiliating Defeat on the UN Resolution


Senior aides to President George W. Bush say
he
faces a humiliating defeat before the United
Nations
Security Council next week.

And signs emerged today that the U.S. may
withdraw
the resolution from security council
consideration.



Presidential spokesman Ari Fleisher, in
today's press
briefing, appeared to signal a U.S. retreat
from
demanding a vote next week, saying "the
president
has said he believes that a vote is
desirable. It is not
mandatory."




"The vote in Turkey fucked things up big
time," grumbles one White House aide. "It
pushes our timetable back. On the other hand,
it might give us a chance to save face."


Right now, only the U.S., Britain and Spain
favor immediate military action against Iraq.
With most of the other allies lining up
against the U.S., Bush faces both a diplomatic and
public relations nightmare if he proceeds
against Hussein without UN backing.

"We've always needed an exit strategy,"
admits a White House aide. "Circumstances have
given us one. Perhaps we shouldn't ignore
it."