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To: robnhood who wrote (14433)	2/26/1998 7:35:00 AM
From: Liatris Spicata	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18056

russell- Truly impressive. You are a classic example of seeing the world through the prism of your own biases. The government of Iraq has for years frequently barred UNSCOM inspectors from investigating sensitive sights. Tariq Assiz has been quoted as saying they would "never permit" inspection of these "national treasures" known as Saddam's palaces. Now Saddam has, I gather, promised to open all sites to unconditional inspection, save for the presence of diplomats during inspections of some (all??) of his more than 100 "presidential palaces". If he does as the diplomats say he promised, it would meet the longstanding US demand that all sites in Iraq be open to inspection and would be a complete reversal of previous stated Iraqi intentions as well has past practice. I understand that the language of the agreement also makes it clear that UNSCOM has control over the staffing of the inspection teams. You may recall the Iraqi's complaining of the presence of too many "Anglo-Saxons" on at least one of the inspection teams- I personally heard this absurdity from Tariq Assiz. How you can regard this as the US "back[ing] out gracefully" is utterly beyond me. On paper, the US and the UK got what they have demanded for years, while Iraq promises to reverse past practice. Kindly justify your position that the US backed down on this issue if you have a scintilla of evidence for it- or have the grace to admit that you spoke incorrectly. I'm sure certain people in Congress would be most interested in your thesis if you have any real justification for it. Larry