10-19-2004, 08:17 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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Selective memory?
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You are a smart guy,
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Thanks
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but you must remember that the inspectors left because we were going to attack
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Saddam kicked them out.
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and therefore inspections were moot. And speaking of inspectors, they were given access even to Saddam’s Palaces, which you’ll recall was a significant problem with previous inspections.
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They were not allowed free reign of where they wanted to search. They were required to disclose where they intended to inspect, no surprise inspections. We have transcripts of radio transmissions where they warned the commander of impending inspections minutes before the UN guys got to a location to check.
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Colin Powell said we knew where the weapons were before our invasion. If that was the case, we should have sent the inspectors to those sites and waited for the results before attacking.
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Saddam didn't allow that.
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If weapons had been found it would have been much easier to build an actual coalition.
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If weapons would have been found, we wouldn't have had to go to war at all.
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I do agree that all parts of the U.N. resolutions were not followed, but all evidence points to the fact that the most important parts, the removal of weapons of mass destruction were carried out. Recent reports say that the weapons have probably been gone for several years.
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Check the Duelfer report that just came out last week. It shows Saddam's intent to decieve and keep his weapons programs alive so he could reconstitute them ASAP.
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I’m surprised you said shoot first and ask questions later. I’ll bet your pizza delivery guy is nervous on late night deliveries (my poor attempt at humor). It’s as though we felt we had to attack someone, anyone.
Now much does it bother you that our military is stretched to the breaking point in the wrong country when there are larger, more credible threats in several other areas?
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You're buying into the liberal media. We have the strongest military in the world. It's not even close to the breaking point. Next, you'll be echoing Kerry and saying Bush has a secret plan for a draft.
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