This Just In: Iraq Concedes to Inspections...

[Roland]

"Do you really think Roland that it would be a good thing for Sadam to have nuclear weapons?"

Of course not. But you could make a stronger case against Pakistan. But they'd only use them against India, and the US has neither sufficient interests there nor the means to realistically do something against Pakistan or India anyway....

[Lincoln]

I don't know af any nation that is not motivated by self interest. Anyway how do you propose that the world community deal with Iraq?

[TheStinger]

Technically Germany and Japan are only weeks away from producing anuclear bomb and look at their traack records over the past 100 years

[Roland]

IMO the inspections have the best risk/reward ratio.

[Lincoln]

I have to go to work. I hope you can all solve this problem while I am gone. I would like to see the inspectors return as well and avert a war. But from what I have seen Sadam is going to limit the scope again like he did before. That makes the inspections a joke. I expect the world to explode eventually anyway in view of history including Japan and whoever else we care to research.

[OneFootInTheGrave]

Originally posted by Lincoln
I have to go to work. I hope you can all solve this problem while I am gone. I would like to see the inspectors return as well and avert a war. But from what I have seen Sadam is going to limit the scope again like he did before. That makes the inspections a joke. I expect the world to explode eventually anyway in view of history including Japan and whoever else we care to research.

I agree on the exploding thing, looking at history and people currently, I think it is amazing we haven't exploded already



but that we will that is just a matter of time, as knowledge is like Pandoras Box, once you open it there is no way to put it back. You just need a crazy man (and there is plenty of those) to use the knowledge that is available and do wnatever he thinks is the best.

[Capt Dizle]

I have just been thinking how ugly forums like this one might get as we get further into the impending conflict. Its remarkable that we haven't had a forum explosion and multiple bannings.

I think its good to have discourse and good to be able to see how people from different countries and cultures view world events from their perspectives.

[Ned]

Roland, the answer to your question on timing is military necessity. We cannot fight Saddam in the summer because of all the gear the troops have to wear to avoid chemical and bio weapons. If we miss the window of opportunity for this winter, we will have to wait one more year. Saddam will then have his nukes. (BTW, this defector also says the Iraqi's have suitcase bombs.)

[Ned]

AH, The only UN resolution that Israel may have violated is the UN call for Israel to not annex East Jerusalem.

You have to differentiate between the Deplore, Condemn and the Call resolutions.

[Roland]

Originally posted by Ned
If we miss the window of opportunity for this winter, we will have to wait one more year. Saddam will then have his nukes.

First sentence yes.

Second sentence is just speculation.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by walruskkkch


Ah! Alternative history. I bet Bush41 would have gone ahead without the UN security resolution. Of course how the UN could have let Kuwait be annexed by Iraq is another matter.

What's so alternative about it? There were a hell of a lot of quid pro quos given out by the US to support its war on Iraq. Having been a leader in the anti-war movement at the time, I laughed and pointed at all the liberals who expected the UN to stop Bush's war drive. For example, the USSR was given a free pass in Lithunania, Egypt got it's debts forgiven and it's aid bumped up to mathc Israel's, the US changed the focus of the Lockerbie bombing from Syria to Lybia, and so on.

[SpencerH]

I assume you mean anti-gulf war? If you dont mind, what was your reasoning behind being against driving the Iraqi's out of Kuwait?

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Velociryx
when the UN inspectors were booted out.

The inspectors were not booted out. They were WITHDRAWN BY CLINTON!!!!!!!

They were WITHDRAWN BY CLINTON!!!!!!!
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They were WITHDRAWN BY CLINTON!!!!!!!
They were WITHDRAWN BY CLINTON!!!!!!!
They were WITHDRAWN BY CLINTON!!!!!!!
They were WITHDRAWN BY CLINTON!!!!!!!
They were WITHDRAWN BY CLINTON!!!!!!!
They were WITHDRAWN BY CLINTON!!!!!!!
They were WITHDRAWN BY CLINTON!!!!!!!
They were WITHDRAWN BY CLINTON!!!!!!!
They were WITHDRAWN BY CLINTON!!!!!!!
They were WITHDRAWN BY CLINTON!!!!!!!
They were WITHDRAWN BY CLINTON!!!!!!!
They were WITHDRAWN BY CLINTON!!!!!!!
They were WITHDRAWN BY CLINTON!!!!!!!
They were WITHDRAWN BY CLINTON!!!!!!!
They were WITHDRAWN BY CLINTON!!!!!!!
They were WITHDRAWN BY CLINTON!!!!!!!
They were WITHDRAWN BY CLINTON!!!!!!!
They were WITHDRAWN BY CLINTON!!!!!!!
They were WITHDRAWN BY CLINTON!!!!!!!
They were WITHDRAWN BY CLINTON!!!!!!!
They were WITHDRAWN BY CLINTON!!!!!!!
They were WITHDRAWN BY CLINTON!!!!!!!
They were WITHDRAWN BY CLINTON!!!!!!!
They were WITHDRAWN BY CLINTON!!!!!!!
They were WITHDRAWN BY CLINTON!!!!!!!
They were WITHDRAWN BY CLINTON!!!!!!!
They were WITHDRAWN BY CLINTON!!!!!!!
They were WITHDRAWN BY CLINTON!!!!!!!

[Bereta_Eder]

aha

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
The inspectors were not booted out.

Yes, they were. Do I really need to dig up those articles stating as much again?