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Politics : Formerly About Applied Materials
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To: chomolungma who wrote (69836)4/17/2003 1:37:51 PM
From: runes  Read Replies (1) of 70976
 
<<How can the U.N. justify their failure to immediately lift sanctions on Iraq?>>

Cute question - now tell me Cho, have you stopped beating your wife yet? (the proverbial loaded question).
...The cheap answer is that there is no failure to be justified.

More to the point - the war is still on and there is no civillian government to represent Iraq's interests. And Iraq has not been certified to be clear of WMD.

As for immediately - I do not think that Iraq has immediate need of offensive weapons or WMD. Nor are they in a position to start shipping out oil until the power and water are restored. And while there are some dual-use items that they could use in the next few months, right now they just need their basic infrastructure repaired.
...So what's the hurry?
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