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Originally posted by Displaced Flames fan+Aug 21 2004, 11:54 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Displaced Flames fan @ Aug 21 2004, 11:54 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-TheCommodoreAfro@Aug 21 2004, 02:07 AM
1 vote doesn't pass them through, but one veto to readress sanctions is all that it takes to "revisit" policy. It was US policy that never ever would have relaxed those sanctions as they never took the UN's word that there were no WMD's. I doubt there was, if they have been unable to find trace of anything a year later. There is no reliable information stating there were WMD's in Iraq to this point, so unless Osama Bin Laden's hiding them in his dialysis machine for his good sectarian buddy Saddam.
In terms of how this related to the soccer players and to bring it back on topic, I was simply mentioning that the sanctions were perceived by Iraqis as being imposed by the US. That and the subsequent destruction of all of Iraq's non-oil related infrastructure has led to a natual dislike of US Foreign Policy by day to day Iraqis.
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It was never the UN's 'word' that there were no WMD's in Iraq. That's a conclusion that was never reached.
I wonder how the Iraqi players feel about the US being one of the only nations involved in the oil for food program that was actually providing food and medicine for the oil they purchased instead of lining Saddam's pockets like other members of the security council were? [/b][/quote]
And yet, despite all of that they still don't like US Foreign Policy. There is more than just a simple "they're ungrateful for all we've done and should be dismissed outright" in their responses, some mocassin walking is in order here.
The WMD issue was as follows - David Kay,the Bush administrations weapons inspector sent to Iraq to do the job the UN was perceived as unable to do.
David Kay quit - coming out on Jan 23 to say their were no stockpiles of WMD, and that there was little chance that much development of any kind came to the program in the nineties due to the sanctions the country was placed under. (BTW - I agreed with the sanctions in the beginning and opposed the occupation of Kuwait, but they were held in place for quite some time in what seemed like an attempt to Cubanize Iraq )
As for lining their pockets, Halliburton seems to be doing a good job of picking up where the UN baddies left off.