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Originally posted by Lurch@Oct 6 2004, 04:33 PM
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With Saddam, diplomicy never would of worked. It didnt work for 10+ years between the 2 wars in Iraq. There was no evidence that it was ever going to work.
He was just giving enough to appease the world community. At the same time, not enough to for the inspectors to actually determine anything.
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Exactly how did diplomacy not work??? It is painfully obvious that the inspections stopped Saddam from getting weapons. When you fail to catch someone red-handed, there are two reasons: 1. The inspections failed or 2. There was nothing to catch.
The logic against the weapons inspections and diplomacy is very twisted, IMO. Clearly, it was VERY effective, and the war has proven this out. Just b/c the inspections were fraught with difficulties does not invalidate the process. If this is the standard you hold things to, its clear the war is not working either.
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misconception. the war worked pretty much fab. the after war effort has been dismal.
I don't get where people thing that there should even be a diplomatic solution with Saddam and other people of his ilk. Or that its a great thing that he's contained and all obligations are off because of this. i was one of the people in the first Gulf War that wanted the American's and thier allies to drive on Baghdad and kill that piece of trash dead. but there was no exit plan, and there was a good chance that the Arab members of the original coalition would have beem upset.
I also don't get how the weapons inspections were working. Can somebody please explain this too me. basically Saddam was dictating the terms of the inspection, and not allowing surprise inspections where he didn't want them. He also refused to allow his scienctific personal to be removed from Iraq with thier families for further investigations, this was clearly countered to the UN agreements.
Weapons inspections weren't working because Saddam was only allowing them to see what he wanted to see.
Is that linked to the fact that the American's didn't find any WMD? Not really I think the American's were pretty much surprised that they didn't find what they were looking for. Thier front line troops were all carrying Gas Suits and masks when they were approaching Baghdad, and to be honest, you don't carry those for a political statement, they weigh a lot, and in the Infantry weight is life.