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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Dayuhan who wrote (76691)2/23/2003 1:48:38 PM
From: greenspirit  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
There is nothing in 1441 that requires invasion at this time. We had nothing to lose by keeping the troops at home until the entire process had played out. We had nothing to lose by pushing for harder inspections, harsher sanctions, military sanctions short of war. We had nothing to lose by holding invasion as the measure of last resort, rather than the preferred solution. We had nothing to lose – and a good deal, potentially, to gain – by spending another 6 months or a year ratcheting down the pressure, one step at a time, and holding war as the measure of last resort.

Hussein doesn't fear words spoken at the U.N. Anyone who believes tougher words spoken at international round tables, would have changed the inspection equation after twelve years is kidding themselves. The only reason inspections resumed is because of the fear of the United States military. We have been ratcheting down the pressure, that's exactly what our military has been doing for sixth months and Hussien still hasn't adhered to 1441.
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