Sounds good, doesn't?
Weird though that this one, single, solitary remark seems to compensate for the months of Mr. Blix's consistent stating of the fact that Iraq is failing to cooperate substantively. One single, solitary, substantive action seems to go a looooooooooooong way for some even if it takes TWELVE YEARS.
Following this formula, Iraq cannot completely disarm under Saddam because he won't live long enough. I'm not saying he can't completely disarm because he'll be killed and will therefore be unable to do the job. I'm saying he won't live 500-1000 more years, so he couldn't
possibly disarm Iraq at the current pace even if he lives to a ripe old age.
Of course, the inspectors still can't tell the UN how many Al-Samoud missiles Iraq has produced
IN DIRECT VIOLATION OF UN MANDATES and in DIRECT VIOLATION OF ORDERS FROM WEAPONS INSPECTORS IN THE 90s NOT TO CHANGE THE DESIGNS OF THE AL-SAMOUD MISSILES. Less than 4 years after the Gulf War(in truth less than 1 year), Iraq didn't care what the UN said, had said, or would say unless it was acting militarily, so why would anyone think Iraq cares now without the threat of military force?
Iraq destroying the El-Samoud missiles is great? Now if agreeing to dispose of these ILLEGALLY PRODUCED MISSILES can be coupled with the agreement to destroy the hundreds of tons of VX, the tens of thousands of chemical/biological delivery devices, ETC., and if the Iraqis answer all the other questions posed by the inspectors, then this really would be GREAT!
Complete, total, and immediate disarmament, right? Of course the immediate part can never happen, so which other parts of the demand should be thrown away?
Could someone remind me what exactly the Iraqis have
offered that hasn't been DISCOVERED by the inspectors? Discovered by the inspectors whose job
isn't to discover ANYTHING but is, instead, to supervise the disposal of their WoMD. The SC resolutions
AND Mr. Blix have consistently said that it is the Iraqis job to disarm themselves, so what exactly have the Iraqis
offered to disarm themselves of? If memory serves.....
Nothing! Not a single solitary item has been offered, despite their agreement to offer every, single, solitary thing. They still deny any problem exists, they never admit violations even when those violations are proven, and they protest everything that isn't found to be in their favor, so exactly what "thing" have they offered?
NO THING!
A quarter of a million troops threatening Iraq have gotten them to cooperate somewhat, but how many troops will be required for them to completely, totally, and immediately to disarm?
A million?
A billion?
Who's going to send them?
[ 03-01-2003, 11:38 PM: Message edited by: Ronn_Bman ]