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To: Alighieri who wrote (194112)	7/12/2004 11:34:52 AM
From: brian1501	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578071

The UN discussion is a lot more complex than the simplistic self serving slogans of the right. What I know is that the UN's inspection teams were very effective. Saddam was contained and neutralized. The UN decided over and over again that Iraq was a problem, and over and over again gave him additional chances whenever he threw out the inspectors, or hampered the investigation. The UN was clearly a paper tiger to him. Did you watch Meet the Press this weekend? I suggest you get a transcript if you did not I'll have to check it out. You cannot be objective if you ignore facts. A republican senate commission and the 9/11 commission both disagree with you, overwhelmingly. It's not even a dispute anymore. There is a big difference between finding wmd stockpiles (what I think you were referring to), and finding programs in place. The programs were found. "Kay reported in October that his team found "dozens of WMD-related program activities" that Iraq was required to reveal to U.N. inspectors but did not. However, he said he found no actual WMDs." "Iraq's nuclear weapons program was dormant." Dormant is NOT dismantled. "Iraq was attempting to develop missiles capable of exceeding a U.N.-mandated limit of 93 miles." From: usatoday.com Based on the facts, I would agree that Hussein was largely contained, however, the only reason there were even any inspectors in the country was we had a large force parked on his doorstep. In addition, he had friends like France wanting to end the sanctions alltogether. It is not feasible to keep that force there, and Hussein has proven over and again that he aspires to these weapons and guards what he has from the UN as much as possible. If you leave him alone he would certainly fire up the programs again. Without the sanctions, and without the force on his doorstop, he is once again a problem. Now he is not. I support Bush's decision to deal with it head on and prevent a future problem. This was not the easy decision. This takes a leader. It is easy to "kick the can" as Powell put it. You're entitled to your opinion, I support that. We'll have to agree to disagree and see what happens in November. Brian