WMD inquiry..

[Vyce 0]

And tell me, since you seem to be a plethora of information on Iraq, why didn't Iraq give all the info to exonerate itself if it did, indeed, have no weapons or wasn't trying to restart its weapons program?

It doesn't seem like Iraq really had any real organization, so they may not have had any documentation of the destruction (or sale) of any of those weapons.

No, there's a problem we have there - we have thousands upon thousands of recovered documents but not enough manpower to translate them.

 

Our intelligence work there is FAR from complete, but people want answers now, of course.

[Rob E Dangerously 0]

Ignoring the fact that the US (and the UN, I think) were asking Iraq to prove a negative, which isn't too possible. (To prove that they didn't have something). And also prove their destruction (i'm sure there's guidelines on proving that, like inviting a UN person to watch it, or videotaping it).

 

I'd say Iraq was a clusterfuck. They denied alot of that, and there were some movements of supposed stuff. Wouldn't stun me if some Iraqis wanting to try and get Saddam out would try to create an impression of concealment. Maybe there was some concealing. But, as of yet, there's not been any finds. Especially not up to the level of stuff expected. Especially since there was a vibe of 'we know they have this for sure'.

 

(I also speculated that if the Iraqis had any WMDs to use, they'd fuck it up anyways. They'd probably give the dangerous stuff to the guys who were less likely to surrender to CNN trucks though)

[Guest MikeSC]

Ignoring the fact that the US (and the UN, I think) were asking Iraq to prove a negative, which isn't too possible. (To prove that they didn't have something). And also prove their destruction (i'm sure there's guidelines on proving that, like inviting a UN person to watch it, or videotaping it).

 

I'd say Iraq was a clusterfuck. They denied alot of that, and there were some movements of supposed stuff. Wouldn't stun me if some Iraqis wanting to try and get Saddam out would try to create an impression of concealment. Maybe there was some concealing. But, as of yet, there's not been any finds. Especially not up to the level of stuff expected. Especially since there was a vibe of 'we know they have this for sure'.

 

(I also speculated that if the Iraqis had any WMDs to use, they'd fuck it up anyways. They'd probably give the dangerous stuff to the guys who were less likely to surrender to CNN trucks though)

I'll use a quote from Hans Blix.

 

"Nerve gas isn't marmalade"

 

If you have it, you keep records. If you dispose of it, you keep records.

 

Saddam LIKED having his neighbors believing he had them, whether he did or not. He figured nobody would ever call the bluff.

 

Somebody did.

-=Mike

[Spicy McHaggis 0]

Wouldn't stun me if some Iraqis wanting to try and get Saddam out would try to create an impression of concealment.

Poor, sweet Saddam Hussein.

[Rob E Dangerously 0]

Wouldn't stun me if some Iraqis wanting to try and get Saddam out would try to create an impression of concealment.

Poor, sweet Saddam Hussein.

Hey, Saddam's still an asshole. It's just that if you're living there, you'd take whatever means you could to try and make him look a bit worse to the Americans

 

(well, without getting yourself killed in a dungeon)

 

There's not much to suggest some sort of thing like that. It's just that nobody really knows what the hell went on with the movements around sites that were being inspected.

 

Now, if something does get discovered. I'll reserve a reaction for when it happens instead of guaranteeing one now.

 

(It wouldn't be too stunning if weapons were either not ready to be used, or if the Iraqis weren't able to figure out how to use them)

 

Yeah.. (whatever happened to those cargo boats anyways? just asking)