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To: GST who wrote (140071)	7/12/2004 10:51:35 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 281500

Nope...the UN was gutless and failed to live up to its responsibility.....it was US blood and treasure that ended the first Gulf War and US blood spilled on 9/11...so the US had an overwhelming national security interest in removing the threat SH posed.....and did so to the credit of GWB who did the right thing instead of the politically safe thing.....the world is inarguably a much better and safer place w/o SH. JLA

To: GST who wrote (140071)	7/12/2004 10:53:16 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Add to that the US was actually in violation of the original UN mandate when it insisted on sanctions to continue in full force after Iraq dismantled most of its weapons. The original mandate called for gradual lifting of sanctions for gradual compliance. We changed that around to an all or nothing deal with the caveat that any violations found was evidence that a lot more was there and any violations not found was evidence that the inspectors were being duped and were not looking hard enough.