Originally posted by Raskolnikov
But ONLY after the threat of war from a leader he KNOWS will pull the trigger, and ONLY to gain time, if only to strengthen his defenses. The more prepared he is for an invasion, the better the chance he has of holding onto power. This is very basic tactics here. And though he's allowed inspectors to talk with Iraqi scientists, he's never once allowed them to talk to the inspectors WITHOUT four or five "minders" who listen to the entire discussion. This is in the report. You do realize that the Iraqi government is notorious for threatening not only individuals but their families to ensure their cooperation, right? Why do you think the scientists who have escaped to the West are so adament that removing Saddam Hussein from power is so important? Read the report, read the Iraqi ambassador's response which denied that their are holes in the report or that Iraq has failed to comply in any way (::cough BS! cough::), then read Colin Powell's response. See who's statments hold the most water in comparison with those of Hans Blix.

Very funny , Saddam needs time to build weapons and plans to resist U.S. invasion with the UN inspectors inspecting every inch in Iraq ... What a conclusion !

About the Iraqi scientists thing ... It was claimed that the U.S. is trying to attract Iraqi scientists , as they did with German scientists before ... It's a bad attitude anyhow.


Back to my point ... Iraq has been forced to do many things peacefully , and can be forced to do other good things peacefully too.