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"Carter Lee" <crlee@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> Glen Hallick wrote:
>

snip.

> >
> >
> >
> > Eat lots of apples and fart like there is no tommorrow.
> >
> > It seems to me that the previous weapon inspectors did find and destroy
a
> > lot of Iraq's WDM's.
>
> No not nearly enough.

Nevertheless WMD's were destroyed.


>
>   The inspectors presently in Iraq are also making good
> > headway.
>
> Not nearly good enough.


WDM's have been destroyed and still are.

>   Has Iraq complied 100%. No. Is this reason to invade Iraq in what
> > would be a war of aggression?
>
> It would not be a war of aggression, that is just so much socialist
> rhetoric.  Having had twelve years in which to comply, yes, I think
> Iraq's non compliance is good reason to force it to comply.

Sorry dude, the US invasion of Iraq would indeed be a war of agression just
as Iraq's invasions of Iran in 1980 and Kuwait in 1990 were just such. Iraq
is hardly a threat to the US and to the Middle East Iraq is no worse a
threat than say Syria or Saudia Arabia, and that may very well overrating
the country.


>
>   No. Keep the inspectors working
>
> For how long?


As long as it takes.


>   and have the
> > UN start a dialouge with the rest of the Middle East for arms
reductions.
>
> That would be playing right into Saddam's hand, get everyone else to
> disarm and his position would be strengthened.  Can you spell another
> gulf war?

Sounds just like the same psycho-babble used to oppose detente back in the
1970's.

What is playing right into the hands of those in the Middle East opposed to
the US is this war the Bush administration aches so much for.


> >
> > Saudi Arabia has 10 Chinese made CSS-2 MRBM's. Egypt has 9 Scud-B and 9
> > FROG-7 missiles. Iran has a sizeable arsenal of Scuds and CSS-8's. Syria
> > also has a number of FROG-7 and Scud missiles. Israel has about a dozen
> > Jericho1 and Jericho 2 missiles. And of course Iraq's inventory of Scuds
> > some other missiles. Seems like a pretty place to start.
>
> The place to start is with the aggressor, Saddam Hussien.

Is Iraq the only aggressor in the region? That is if Iraq could be
reasonably seen as an aggressor.



> When he is
> dealt with maybe Syria could stand some attention.

Do you want a US-led crusade through the entire Middle East? Afterall you do
give the impression that the US is quite infallible.


> At the moment
> however there is not much evidence in the form of military intelligence
> to indicate that Syria is building an arsenal of WMD.  AFAIK the frogs
> and scuds it has have conventional warheads.


Why would Syria warrant such attention.


Glen