Precedent

[NuurAbSaal]

Thanks for the Scud info. I was under the impression that their inaccuracy disqualified them from being effective B/C weapons carriers, seems I was wrong :)

Funny how you didn't quote the last bit of my paragraph on the "with us/against us" paragraph talking about Yemen (still not 100% sure about the country, heard it on TV and can't find it online). IIRC US cut financial aid by 100% after Y. didn't support the US, Yemen being the poorest arab country (or it was then)::last bit mostly from memory, keep in mind that I was twelve at that time :) ::. Turkey also comes to mind, though this is admittedly a different situation with them beeing a lot more involved now than Yemen was back then.

I still disagree on the UN inspectors thing but I can understand your point of view. It is (if I understood it correctly) based on your belief that Saddam was definitely trying to put together an arsenal of WMD, whereas I think that he was more or less content with where Iraq and he himself were standing. He had already lost a war against the west and still was in power, completely unaffected by the embargo I'm sure and it looked like he would eventually pass his rule to his sons, without anybody in the world (save the Iraqi people) giving a damn about it.
But that's just my opinion :)

maybe I'm a naive optimist.

Basing the timetable of military intervention on things like the weather and elections seems both reasonable and extreemly sickening to me. It really can't be any other way, as you stated, but it disgusts me all the same.

Btw, I really enjoy this discussion (if not the topic), it's nice to be able to keep it all civil and on topic. I've seen enough of bad forums/posters to appreciate the Lounge and it's members.

Nuur