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Originally posted by Looger@Oct 6 2004, 04:50 PM
Captain Crunch,
i agree that saddam was not cooperating with the inspections.
but why give him ammunition? why sabotage UNSCOM?
they gave him enough time to bury all the evidence.
every lengthy scott ritter interview i've ever read has the underlying premise that if america had let him do his job he would have caught saddam red-handed.
america did not let him do his job.
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Because Saddam Hussein was not complying with the weapons inspections and infact dictating terms to the UN, UNSCOM was already pretty much compromised. Personally if I was Bush Senior of Clinton I would have had troops on the ground after the first Saddam refusal. You give him the choice.
Allow the inspections to go unobstructed or we'll tear your country about without your permission and kill you. Thats why I'm not a diplomat.
Your right the UN and the American's blew this.
The UN by not being more forceful in making Iraq comply. The American's because they let the scenario go on way to long, and they compromised the inspectors.