Great article... I'd like to see how the anti-war crowd answer this one.
"Six council members-Cameroon, France, Germany, Mexico, Pakistan, and Syria-explicitly or implicitly embraced this theory. Two others-Angola and Russia-embraced the equally circular theory that inspections must continue because they're necessary to gather data on the basis of which the council can decide whether to continue inspections. Even Bulgaria and Chile, whose votes are essential to any war resolution, endorsed further efforts to make inspections evasion-proof." So you inspect without end..and if the inspections arent' working you have more inspectors..or maybe have an oversight committee to inspect the inspectors...ad infinitum. "But if you equate war with failure or forbid it as long as alternatives are conceivable, you'll never turn to it. Iraq can foster just enough promise in some compliance "process" to keep you from picking up your gun." "The trouble with progress is that it can go on forever without reaching an absolute standard. In Friday's debate, Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov noted that Iraq had shown "movement in the right direction" on several matters that had been "pending" at the council's Feb. 5 meeting. By this logic, other Iraqi obstructions would become the new pending business, and Iraq could satisfy the council at its next meeting by showing movement on those obstructions." http://slate.msn.com/id/2078583/ -Gel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
