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To: frankw1900 who wrote (106261)	7/18/2003 7:19:55 AM
From: GST	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

Fact: No links to al Qaida. Fact: No nuke program. You are living a fantasy. As for the UN, I used two distinct sentences to convey two distinct thougths: "No UN resolution. No legal basis for war." Both are facts.

To: frankw1900 who wrote (106261)	7/18/2003 11:16:04 PM
From: Bilow	Respond to of 281500

Hi frankw1900; Re: "Neocon's formulation is exactly correct. The danger was always that when the sanctions were lifted Hussein would continue acting on his project of getting nukes and again try from a strengthened position to attack his neighbours." The lifting of sanctions against Iraq was not tied to an ending of inspections. Sanctions were for failing to disarm. Inspections were for verifying the disarmed condition. If UN inspections had continued until Iraq had a "clean bill of health", yes sanctions would have ended, but as long as the regime needed it, inspections would have continued. The neocons were unable to see any alternative to "war now". Presumably this was due to their extreme fear of a repetition of the WTC attack. Panic does tend to blind people a bit. -- Carl