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2003-04-18 Iraq

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Posted by Steve White 2003-04-18 12:19 am|| || Front Page|| [12 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Arrgh, munged a /span. Can you fix that, Fred? Sorry.

Posted by Steve White 2003-04-18 00:36:41|| 2003-04-18 00:36:41|| Front Page Top

#2 "Can anyone combine this special blend of obstinate prevarication and willful cluelessness better than Blixie?"

Janet Reno... but then again, I've never seen the two of them together, either...

Posted by snellenr 2003-04-18 01:36:46|| 2003-04-18 01:36:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Typical Bush II administration SOP: Say nothing publicly and officially, work behind the scenes to pile up the support and evidence, let peripheral players make comments that are regarded by idiotarians as official statments to which they responde with inane ravings.

THEN come out with an official statment and evidence sufficient to blow their sorry asses out of the water...

Posted by Ptah 2003-04-18 06:54:39|| [www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2003-04-18 06:54:39|| Front Page Top

#4 Both countries want inspectors back in the field as soon as possible as does Secretary-General Kofi Annan who has said only U.N. inspectors - and not the Americans - have the legal authority to oversee Iraqi disarmament.

I guess Kofi thinks the UN is the twenty-first century Judge Roy Bean -- "The Law West of, er, Anywhere."

Posted by John Phares 2003-04-18 07:35:09|| 2003-04-18 07:35:09|| Front Page Top

#5 Blix received his two week's notice March 19. Go home, Hans. Let men do the job.

Posted by badanov 2003-04-18 08:08:19|| [www.rkka.org] 2003-04-18 08:08:19|| Front Page Top

#6 I don't accept this notion that we have to find WMD in Iraq to "prove" to the world that Saddam had them; and if we don't, our failure will "prove" that Operation Iraqi Freedom was undertaken on false pretenses.

It's beyond dispute that Saddam had chemical weapons, because he's used them against Iranian troops as well as against his own civilian population. The UN itself has said that not all of Saddam's chemical munitions were destroyed by earlier inspection regimes, and Blix himself had stated that Saddam's claims that he destroyed the remainder himself- while not documenting that destruction in any way- are simply not credible.

As far as I'm concerned the entire burden of proof is on those who claim that Saddam has no remaining WMD.

Posted by Dave D. 2003-04-18 09:00:58|| 2003-04-18 09:00:58|| Front Page Top

#7 "Oops, sorry, no WMD's...Guess we'll just have to give the joint back to Sammy's boys..."

Not friggin' likely.

Posted by mojo 2003-04-18 09:57:26|| 2003-04-18 09:57:26|| Front Page Top

#8 quote from Mark Steyn's latest:

"Weapons of Mass Destruction. Remember them? Not a single one has yet been found" (Bill Neely, ITV, April 10th)

Actually, I almost wish this one were true. Anything that turns up now will be assumed to have been planted. If I were Washington, I'd consider burying anything I found. After all, an America that feels no need to bother faking justifications for invasion would be far more alarming to most Europeans. Instead, horrible things will turn up, but will never be "conclusive" enough for the French, who've got all the receipts anyway."

ouch heh heh

Posted by Frank G 2003-04-18 10:57:02|| 2003-04-18 10:57:02|| Front Page Top

#9 Once more, Hans Blix and Kofi Annan make stupid statements that only "UN Action will be legal". I get so tired of these people trying to force UN sovereignty over the sovereignty of individual nations. The UN is nothing but a glorified debate society that has a hard time even determining if Robert's Rules of Order apply, and to what extent. The United Nations is acting more and more like a petulent child with poor manners and an overblown ego, rather than a society of adults. March 20th marked the end of reliance on United Nations activities in Iraq. It's about time someone told both Annan and Blix that they're totally irrelevant, and the pink slip's in the mail.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-04-18 11:15:10|| 2003-04-18 11:15:10|| Front Page Top

#10 But we're not going to be dogs on a leash.

They didn't seem to mind a whole lot when it was Saddam's minders yanking their chains, arrogant hypocrites...

Posted by Raj 2003-04-18 12:34:18|| [angrycyclist.blogspot.com] 2003-04-18 12:34:18|| Front Page Top

#11 Tell you what, Kofi:

You give a complete INDEPENDENTLY audited financial report on your Oil for ~~Palaces~~ Food Program and we will seriously consider letting your dog Blixie into Iraq for a little sniff. RSVP.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-04-18 15:14:09|| 2003-04-18 15:14:09|| Front Page Top

#12 I'm kind-of hoping WMDs aren't found because it will cause major issues in the UNSC, and accelerate the UNSC's irrelevance.

Posted by Phil B 2003-04-19 01:24:47|| 2003-04-19 01:24:47|| Front Page Top

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