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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry
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To: TimF who wrote (79557)9/23/2006 3:22:22 PM
From: CogitoRead Replies (1) of 81568
 
>>The bottom line is that the inspections had not been allowed the level of access needed to come to a very solid conclusion.<<

Tim -

That is an oft-repeated fallacy. In the last several weeks of their work, the UN inspectors said that they were getting the access they needed, and that they only needed a few more months to complete their work. When they were told to depart in advance of the invasion, they objected, repeating that they were making solid progress and only needed a few more months.

This is a fact that has been spun vigorously by the right-wing press since before the invasion. Because it was true that Saddam had restricted access in the past, it was and is easy for people to believe that he was still doing that right up until the end. But the reports of the UN Inspectors themselves do not support that view.

- Allen
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