# Phew! Finally we can all relax.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phew-finally-we-can-all-relax/155071
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [February 14, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phew-finally-we-can-all-relax/155071 "2003-02-14T15:10:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@bayonet1976](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bayonet1976)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phew-finally-we-can-all-relax/155071/1 "2003-02-14T15:10:42Z")
That’s right, you heard it hear first, or second, or third, nevermind, you heard it here! War has been averted, as reported in this [Reuters story](http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=574&ncid=721&e=1&u=/nm/20030214/wl_nm/iraq_dc) . Sadam, followed the initiative suggested by France:
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> raqi President Saddam Hussein complied on Friday with a U.N. demand by decreeing a ban on weapons of mass destruction hours before U.N. arms inspectors were to deliver a report to the Security Council which could be crucial to whether war is waged on Iraq.
Are you as relieved as I am?
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### Author:  [@bayonet1976](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bayonet1976)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phew-finally-we-can-all-relax/155071/2 "2003-02-14T15:12:33Z")
Of course, “raqi” should read “Iraqi”. Crap. Carry on.
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### Author:  [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2003, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phew-finally-we-can-all-relax/155071/3 "2003-02-14T15:16:24Z")
is he going to hold an amnesty so that sheepish citizens can turn in their Weapons of Mass Destruction without fear of punishment?
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### Author:  [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2003, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phew-finally-we-can-all-relax/155071/4 "2003-02-14T15:18:57Z")
Crap, so what am I supposed to do with all this duct tape and plastic sheeting now?
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### Author:  [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2003, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phew-finally-we-can-all-relax/155071/5 "2003-02-14T15:22:55Z")
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> \*Originally posted by Amp \*
> \*\*Crap, so what am I supposed to do with all this duct tape and plastic sheeting now? \*\*
lets build a boat!
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### Author:  [@acrossthesea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acrossthesea)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2003, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phew-finally-we-can-all-relax/155071/6 "2003-02-14T15:24:30Z")
Save your protective devices, we’re probably going to war with Korea. That’s all they talk about here now.
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### Author:  [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2003, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phew-finally-we-can-all-relax/155071/7 "2003-02-14T15:31:11Z")
We’ve _always_ been at war with Eastas … er, Korea!
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### Author:  [@Bean\_Counter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bean_Counter)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phew-finally-we-can-all-relax/155071/8 "2003-02-14T17:42:18Z")
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> \*Originally posted by Amp \*
> \*\*Crap, so what am I supposed to do with all this duct tape and plastic sheeting now? \*\*
Sounds like a perfect Dopefest to me!