Oueman,
I have seen the story on Scott Ritter and many are wondering why this story
is just now being leaked out.
At any rate, you sound like all of those who are repeating exactly what Bush
has been saying, but the proof is still being waited upon despite all of the
rhetoric. It is a simple case. If there is proof, all that has to be done is
to provide it to the waiting World.
Jabou Joh
In a message dated 1/28/03 3:06:15 PM Central Standard Time,
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> Jabou,
> Scott Ritter may have been one of the inspectors but now his credibility is
> at issue. (see this story
> http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20030125_1256.html). Of course, this is a
> conspiracy by the Bush administration to silence a dissenter.
>
> On the issue of waiting for inspectors to finish their job, this is a bogus
> argument used by France and other countries to stall any action on Iraq. If
> France and other anti-action groups have their way, this "inspection" will
> go on forever. These inspectors are not supposed to be detectives, as Blair
> and others rightly pointed out. The onus is on Saddam to come out and prove
> for all that he is free of weapons of mass destruction. The report by Blix
> confirms that he has not been forthcoming. All Saddam is doing now is
> toying
> with these inspectors and with the size of his country, if he does not want
> anything to be found, it will not be found. The only way to rid him of his
> weapons is to get him out of power through the use of force.
>
> I don't believe the US is or has bypassed the UN - atleast not yet. The
> truth is that it's the US that has prodded to UN to action. In every
> organisation, (especially one with the size of the UN) some members need to
> lead and not be overcomed by inertia that seems to be beseting almost
> everyone nowadays. On the issue of peace around the globe, the UN has been
> slowly pushing itself into irrelevance because of inaction - Saddam
> recognized this and expelled UN inspectors in 1998 without any addtional
> action from the UN. If the US had not taken the lead to liberate Kuwait, I
> doubt the UN would have mobilized any force capable of beating Saddam. If
> the US had not taken the lead in Korea in 1950s, the UN almost certainly
> would not have pushed back the North Koreans. In both these situations, the
> US took charge and the UN gave its blessing. The truth is that without the
> US, the UN would not have been what it is today.
>
> Ousman
>
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