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To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (77116)	2/24/2003 1:03:04 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 281500

Defections are a key part of the inspection process, not a reflection of its failure Say what? They are now giving the UN inspectors - who were on the verge of declaring Saddam 'clean' - credit for Hussein Kamel's defection? They didn't arrange it. Udai Saddam did, by his uncontrollable brutality. It was sheer luck it happened right then. It also spilled the beans on extant bio- chem- and nuclear weapons programs. Pollack says, "Nor do we know to what extent the inspectors' presence is slowing the Iraqi program." Not true. We know that we have inspectors on the ground who can go anywhere and inspect any thing Um, so why does Mr. Blix say that Iraq is not cooperating and that Saddam Hussein has no credibility? And that the ratio of minders to inspectors is down to "only" 4 to 1. Gee, do you think the Iraqis have figured out where the inspectors are going before they get there? Ya think? Not worth fisking such apologia in detail.

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (77116)	2/24/2003 1:37:58 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Why Pollack is Wrong: We Have Contained Saddam Why do authors like this think they can fool us with this nonsense? Of course we have "contained" Saddam! Hell, we are setting there with 150,000 troops surrounding his country while the inspectors go though his drawers. But it is the same situation as if the Police had "contained" a murderer by surrounding his house with police and keeping a team of officers searching the rooms. Would you then say, "Oh, we don't need to arrest and imprison him, we have him contained." Of course you would not! You know we can't keep the officers there forever. These arguments are put forth by people who want us to nothing and hope Saddam does not bother anyone.