On Sat, 09 Apr 2005 18:21:58 -0400, JDG wrote > Note that this resolution requires these things to be destroyed, > removed, or rendered harmless under international supervision. > This was to ensure that Iraq could never use the suspicion that it > had chemical or biological weapons to again threaten its neighbors. > Iraq NEVER complied with this provision.
Then where are the chemical and biological weapons? As I understand things, we've stopped even looking for them. Either they didn't exist, Iraq did destroy them, or they are incredibly well hidden. > So, again, if one looks at the rationale for inspections - to provide > assurances to the world that Iraq really did no longer have WMD > weapons or programs, then it is impossible to say that the > inspections were working, because no such assurances were ever produced. I have zero sympathy for Saddam and his buddies, but how can we fault them for failing to produce something that didn't exist? Nick _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
