To: Rascal who wrote (44509 ) 9/16/2002 9:08:33 PM From: Win Smith Read Replies (1) | Respond to This isn't exactly a prediction, but here's an earlier take, circa March 6 when the inspections stories were in the news.this story hints at what could conceivable be a flaw in the much-leaked Bush war plan of kicking off the invasion over the inspection issue. What if Saddam Hussein has a glimmer of rationality to go with his self-preservation instincts? What if he figures out that W isn't kidding, and complies fully? Rationally, I'm not sure he has much to lose. Given how long it took, for comparison, Pakistan to develop nukes, with years of wink, nudge official US certification that they weren't, and given the fact that a lot of Iraqi stuff was destroyed post - Gulf War, I think there's maybe pretty good odds Iraq isn't particular close to a working nuke. Aside from the question of what good an untested, maybe or maybe not functional nuke would do Saddam anyway. The other "WMD"s don't seem to be effective enough to be worth the effort of trying to preserve them. So what if Saddam just buries what naughty bits he can and says, "go ahead, look all you want"? #reply-17158861Iraq Agrees to Readmit Inspectors, U.N. Says nytimes.com
