To: GST who wrote (124077 ) 1/31/2004 9:23:34 AM From: Hawkmoon Read Replies (1) | Respond to Putin said he would support an invasion if there was any proof from inspectors of WMD -- and there was no proof so he did not support the invasion. Turned out he was wiser than Bush. Saddam had directed his scientists TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING WMDs, in direct violation of the UNSC resolutions. washingtonpost.com "He did find, as he reported last October, WMD-related activities, from a very active illegal missile program to research and development ("right up until the end") on weaponizing the deadly poison ricin (the stuff London police found on terrorists last year). He discovered "hundreds of cases" of U.N.-prohibited and illegally concealed activities.' ....."It was a combination of Iraqi bluff, deceit and corruption far more bizarre than heretofore suspected. Kay discovered that an increasingly erratic Saddam Hussein had taken over personal direction of WMD programs. But because there was no real oversight, the scientists would go to Hussein, exaggerate or invent their activities, then pocket the funds. Scientists were bluffing Hussein. Hussein was bluffing the world. The Iraqis were all bluffing each other. Special Republican Guard commanders had no WMDs, but they told investigators that they were sure other guard units did. It was this internal disinformation that the whole outside world missed. But Kay makes clear that President Bush was relying on what the intelligence agencies were telling him. Kay contradicts the reckless Democratic charges that Bush cooked the books. "All the analysts I have talked to said they never felt pressured on WMD," says Kay. "Everyone believed that [Iraq] had WMD."' investigative process that was required to uncover the truth as to whether Saddam, and Iraq, AND WAS NOT BEING CONDUCTED, NOR HAVE BEEN REQUIRED, BY EITHER UNSCOM OR UNMOVIC inspectors.
