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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Bilow who wrote (105030)7/13/2003 9:46:33 AM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Not every country has chemical suits arrayed for immediate use, nor toxin specific antidotes ready to stumble upon. The war with Iran was in the '80s. The suits were ready for use. The antidote was for a chemical that Iraq was thought to have stockpiles of.

No one quite knows how serious the uranium problem is. I have no idea where you get your information, but it does not conform to anything I have read or heard. There was much more material there than was expected, and a lot of it was found on the black market in Europe.

Iraq was specifically involved in inventorying its weapons during the '90s, and the discrepancies, which were never really explained, suggested that they had a large amount of toxins stockpiled. Blix clearly did not think it was normal "seepage", but thought that the stockpiles existed himself. Since he is the expert, I will take his view over yours on that issue.

I have no idea where you get your information, but Blix reported repeated obstruction. It is clear that only the threat of the US buildup yielded any cooperation, and what cooperation there was occured in a circumstance when the Iraqis had a fair idea of what kind of facilities the inspectors were interested in, and could clear them out.

These are the facts, and why it seems worthless to lob accounts back and forth with you..........
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