>>>There is no question that my faith in the Bush administration is starting to crack. But I still believe in them enough to not give up on them. I helped vote them into power, after all.>>>
Weakness and wavering on the part of Bush and the coalition is exactly what Saddam was counting on or predicting.
France and Germany broke the solidarity, and sending the UN teams back in also points to the uncertanty of immediate action. Countering the demonstration of force and determination the US worked so hard to implement by sending so many troops
Which has got Bush and Powell and others really steamed., because the weasel is still stringing people along,
delaying action, and expecting the delays to produce a compromise solution more favorable than extradition
or elimination .
With 30 years in power he thinks he is invincible and maybe even immortal, that he actually won the Gulf war since he still has the country, the oil and power over people . The casualties taken in the Gulf war are not counted as a loss to him and equipment lost has been perhaps mostly replaced. He has already proved many times in the past that cursory inspections by the UN can be easily defeated.
He may be out to demonstrate that Bush, with only 2 years in office, is actually as some have said " All hat and no cattle"
A truly smart ruler such as himself, having been elected or achieved power , would have immediately assasinated or starved all opposition ( in our country the Democrats, to start with) And if he were here, the House and Senate would be 100 % Republican and he would get 99% of the vote on any subject or poll, as Saddam does in his ( ?) country No telling what he would do with minorities.I suspect the Mormons would be in deep trouble, he might "gas" Salt Lack City.
We are dealing with one weird sick person here, and should consider ourselves mighty lucky to live in a free country And are trying to provide an opportunity for others to have a chance to be free.
Hopfully France and /or Germany will be back on board after seeing the "forest fire" of evidence being provided to them next week.
Sig
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