SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : Foreign Policy Discussion Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (2543)1/22/2003 7:50:45 AM
From: D. Long  Respond to of 15987
 
Y'see Zonder, the UN inspectors aren't supposed to be "investigators".. They are supposed to be INSPECTORS.. They are tasked with inspecting those weapons that Iraq is COMPELLED TO REVEAL via the US binding resolution. They shouldn't have to search for them.

The fact that they are being required to search for them is FULL PROOF that Iraq is not cooperating, and is thus in violation.

That is the point that needs to be pounded home. The Administration should be shouting this on the news in heavy rotation, 24/7. I liked the recent bone thrown by Saddam to Blix to "encourage" the scientists to talk in private has been couched as a "concession." "Concession" implies conceding that which has been held back.... The point seems to have escaped the media.

Derek



To: Hawkmoon who wrote (2543)1/22/2003 8:32:30 AM
From: zonder  Respond to of 15987
 
So it's a "PR barrage" to discuss the facts??

I think the next couple of paragraphs is what that refers to:

"However, the White House's own version of agitprop also skates over some aspects of history. For example, it describes the use of chemical weapons against the Iraqi Kurds of Halabja in 1988, but omits to mention that the US supported Iraq during the conflict with Iran at that time, and was reluctant to admit that Halabja had happened."


HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News