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To: Dayuhan who wrote (9155)	4/16/2002 8:47:42 AM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

How does checking the bona fides of Blix signify "distress"??? JLA

To: Dayuhan who wrote (9155)	4/16/2002 8:58:52 AM
From: J. C. Dithers	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 21057

What I find amusing... The post-Gulf War weapons inspection efforts amounted to years of thwarting and deception by Hussein, allowing him all the more time to build up his arsenal of mass destruction weaponry. What I find "almost amusing" is that there are still people around who believe that this time he will be cooperative and honest in dealing with the inspectors.

To: Dayuhan who wrote (9155)	4/16/2002 11:36:04 AM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 21057

"The hawks' nightmare is that inspectors will be admitted, will not be terribly vigorous and not find anything," a former U.S. official said. "Economic sanctions would be eased, and the U.S. will be unable to act." You don't see a problem here? State Department officials contend that Saddam will inevitably create conditions for the failure of the UN inspections, by setting down unacceptable terms or thwarting the inspectors inside Iraq so they have to withdraw. Blix's inspection organization, the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission, has inherited the mandate from the UN Special Commission on Iraq. The special commission was established after the 1991 Gulf War to eradicate all of Iraq's proscribed weapons before UN sanctions against Baghdad can be lifted. Did a great job, didn't they?