Just saw on ABC News that Iraq has agreed to UN weapons inspectors with no conditions. We shall see....

Mark

Here is a link to the story at CNN http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/meast/...raq.un.letter/

[ 09-16-2002, 06:55 PM: Message edited by: skywalker ]

Iraq has finally managed to hide everything after all of their delays. It just seems kind of odd, that Hussein was quite insistant that their were to be no inspections of any kind, and then he abruptly does a 180. Sounds like he's hiding something.

Or that he is finally scared $h1t1e$$. ;)

Mark

I suppose, but I don't think he's scared. Hussein is well protected and quite unreachable hidden behind his zealots. Unfortunately he's the kind of man that wouldn't mind sending half his country to die for him, while he smokes cigars and drinks 100 year old scotch in his safehold. It seems like he's pulling a fast one over on the US by getting all his weapons hidden and moved, hence the delays in letting in the inspectors. He did the same thing a few years back, remember?

That's one of reasons why I don't have much faith that an attack will enable us to "get" Saddam. He will be safe somewhere while Baghdad goes up in flames. He'll be harder to find than Osama, I think.

Mark

To hell with weapon inspections, get that freak out of his bunker once and for all. Enough is enough.

I completely agree with you, although I doubt it will stop an attack if Bush really pushes for it. At the risk of starting a HUGE debate, I sometimes question the real motives for the Dubya administrations "interest" in the Middle East. I understand the need to remove terrorist factions, but feel that we are going about it all the wrong ways. I guess it must be handy to have a US friendly gov't in Afghanistan now, though.
No, I think the US needs to be a little more patient and less forceful. Sooner or later the mouse will come out of the hole, if it figures the cat's gone. Know what I mean?

Easier said than done. If it was that easy they would've done that during the Gulf War

Unfortunately it looks like that won't be happening...at least not just yet.

Mark

Easier said than done. If it was that easy they would've done that during the Gulf War</font>[/QUOTE]No, they retreated in the gulf war, for whatever reason. The Iraqi army was scattered all over the place, but someone decided to let him sit on his throne. This kinda reminds of that movie "hamburger hill". Now they gotta go in and do the same stuff all over again against the same friggin enemy. It just doesn't make any sense.