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

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