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To: boris_a who wrote (124274)	2/3/2004 6:41:29 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Ohhhh, under such circumstances the UNSC was not only right in not authorizing military force, but it was it's duty to do so. Excuse me Boris... Bullsh*t!!.. Iraq had obligations that SADDAM AGREED TO IN 1991 in order to fulfill the cease-fire accord. It did not fulfill them. In fact, it openly, and secretly, defied them, NEVER PROVIDING A FULL ACCOUNTING AND RENUNCIATION OF WMD INVENTORIES AND PROGRAMS. The inspections were NEVER intended, nor supposed to be, an investigation.. It was Iraq's obligation to ensure that the inspectors were satisfied that Iraq was in compliance with its obligations, as well as the cessation of its WMD programs. Let me reiterate... An inspection is NEVER supposed to be an investigation. You take your vehicle to be inspected for emmissions. You DON'T take it to be investigated. The very fact that the inspections turned into an investigation and a international case of "Where's Waldo?" clearly indicates that Iraq was not in compliance. If Iraq is not in compliance, they are in violation of the cease-fire. If they are in violation of the cease-fire, they are susceptible to re-initiation of hostilities as "authorized" under UNSC 678 in order to restore peace and regional security. Now maybe we haven't found, or as Kay suggests are not likely to find, the major stockpile that we believed existed due to the documents uncovered in 1998 by UNSCOM. But we have found that Saddam took direct control over his WMD programs and was personally funding them.. That means he never intended to destroy his WMD inventories forever. Only for so long as required to get the sanctions lifted. Hawk