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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (153330)12/4/2004 12:45:41 PM
From: Michael Watkins  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Your argument presupposes that the US would stand by and allow sanctions to fail.

I do not agree with that supposition.

But if you do, then you are saying that Bush and his administration would fail, were powerless, could not obtain international support to fix a relatively simple problem -- in effect you are saying that they are mental midgets and incapable.

I don't believe that for one minute - whether I approve of their policies or not, I do believe them to be very capable.

The only reason the US would allow sanctions to fail is if intentionally doing so fit their goals, tactics and strategy.

Evidence abounds that the US administration and its key policy influencers knew full well, long before going into Iraq, that some components of the sanctions regime were not working to the fullest. Yet no concerted effort was made by the administration to address and fix these shortcomings.

Why is that?

Fixing the shortcomings would remove one justification (even one to be used after the fact) for going to war.
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