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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Noel de Leon who wrote (61151)12/11/2002 7:19:30 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Noel, the idea that Saddam really has destroyed his WMDs since 1998 is risible. The leopard does not change his spots and lie down with the lamb. Saddam's entire behavior since 1991 tells us that he regards WMDs as being necessary to his continued survival. No serious observer of Iraq suggests that Saddam hasn't got weapons. They just speculate on how well Saddam has managed to hide his weapons.

As for why Bush hasn't spilled the evidence yet, patience. Once he agreed to go along with UN keystone kops, excuse me, UNMOVIC inspectors, things take more time. He has to study what Saddam said in the report and compare it to what Saddam said previously, and to what his intelligence reports, before he can decide to what evidence to spill. Even if Bush has a bunch of smoking guns, they will be much more effective evidence if Saddam has completely denied having the guns, than if he has some plausible explanation of why a bunch of gun parts were at that location. Bush also may need to consider the costs of his evidence; he might be responsible for killing some agents in Iraq by disclosing their work. There is no reason whatsoever for him to have leaked anything before now (esp. to Hans Blix & co), because he would only have tipped his hand to the Iraqis.

If on the other hand, President Bush doesn't come up with any evidence in the next couple of months, then you can say the evidence doesn't exist.
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