Arne,

"Ummm, first off, the post-war inspections showed that the "14 years of other options" did indeed work. Secondly, the renewed inspections, under even more permissive circumstances, were reaffirming precisely this. "

Hardly. WHERE did he get all the items mentioned in the first post, the (new) prohibited scuds, and all the other prohibited material that he did NOT have ( according to his own reports, and the UN) just after the Gulf war? I guess Santa brought them to him on a whim.

EVEN the UN stated that he was NOT cooperating, and had NOT complied. ONLY after the US had begun to mobilize troops did he even let the inspectors in to many areas, and THAT was AFTER the deadline and still not fully compliant.





"Why you continue to insist on things that are counter to fact is mystifying"


Exactly. WHY do you insist on ignoring the facts, and making unsubstantiated statements, and expect anyone to believe them?