To: Buckwheat who wrote (182534 ) 2/13/2004 1:56:41 AM From: tejek Read Replies (1) | Respond to [If Saddam was not being compliant, how did the weapon inspectors get into the country in 2002 and begin their inspections?] (this is a country that has historically spent 75% of their GNP on weapons/military, don't forget) And I know you haven't forgotten what events got the inspectors back in during 2002. [As it turns out, all the WMD had been destroyed.] Would you bet some stranger's life on that? And that 5% does not take into account what was made or bought (with oil kick-backs) during the 1998-2002 period. Weapons inspectors could have never "proven" anything in a thousand years. Weapons inspections involve a large element of trust. Saddam was evil. If you don't believe that then further discussion is futile. Saddam had a history of using WMD on his neighbors and his own people. So 5% could not be accounted for and we don't know what was made, came in, or went out during 1998 - 2002. Don't know where in the desert, SWA, SEA, Africa, Eastern Europe, or the world that "5%" or maybe more might be or who has it. But we do know where this guy and 85% of his henchmen are, don't we. Have you ever seen the victim(s) of a nerve agent? That's a horrible death. Can you imagine a whole village or city or battalion of soldiers dying that way in mass? Can you imagine something like that happening in any number of cities worldwide that have a population of 2 or 3 million or greater. Are any of these worth $300 billion? Do you think Saddam and the inspectors made these cities any safer?
