Segacs's World I Know

Following the news on the weapons inspections in Iraq is like watching someone mine for gold in a desert. First, the inspectors don’t find anything and it’s news. Now, the inspectors maybe find something and that’s news. In the meantime, none of the major players in this conflict, including the US and Iraq, seem to care too much about the inspections in the first place. The US knows Iraq is lying, and doesn’t need a United Nations report to confirm it. Iraq knows it’s hiding weapons, but finds it more effective to blame Americans for all its woes than to face the music.

It seems that everyone’s ignoring the obvious here. Saddam’s got a whole country in which to hide weapons, and he’s had nearly a decade in which to do it. He’s got a civilian population that’s so afraid of him, they’ll do whatever it takes to protect his secrets. He’s got an iron control on everything that goes on anywhere. His spies follow the inspectors around and anyone they talk to knows they’ll be facing a firing squad if they shoot their mouth off. He’s murdered thousands upon thousands of his own people, through terror tactics, shootings, bombings, and even chemical weapons. He’s even killed off his own family members.

And we’re supposed to feel better because the chemical warheads were empty???

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