Fionn - 16 Aug 03 - 04:56 PM

" you're left depending on 1441. And I can see you might feel a twinge of uncertainty on that score."

Not in the slightest. In 1441 the Iraqi Regime under Saddam Hussein were given one last chance to comply fully with the cease-fire terms signed and agreed by themselves in 1991. They failed to do this, therefore the terms of that cease-fire agreement were broken.

The invasion of Kuwait; Desert Shield; Desert Storm; Desert Fox and the invasion of Iraq are all interconnected, they cannot be treated in isolation. The timescale of 12 years was due entirely to the apathy and lack of resolve on the part of the United Nations - nothing else.