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Politics : Foreign Policy Discussion Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ilaine who wrote (3587)	2/8/2003 4:14:08 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 15987

Essentially they are proposing "coercive inspections," which I think is not a bad idea at all. One might think so... except unless they have sufficient personnel and arms on hand, they are effectively hostages for Saddam... So why not have coercive inspections with 100,000 troops temporarily occupying Iraq?? We've got our people over there waiting to do something... It took the UN 30 days to get 100 inspectors up and running.. How long will they take dragging their feet getting several thousand UN troops in there?? I don't want to give the UN any more ability to create problems for US forces in the region... Unless of course, those UN troops belong to the US... THEN, I might have a different opinion.. But as I see it the French and Germans want to send THEIR OWN troops in there to preserve their interests and head off US domination of the region... I say if they want to play a role, then join us... Quit dragging their feet and giving Saddam constant respites and loopholes. Hawk