XPost: rec.travel.air, alt.travel   
   From: devil@attglobal.net   
      
   On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 04:12:08 +0000, Charlie C. wrote:   
      
   > devil  wrote in   
   > news:pan.2004.01.15.02.49.18.994171@attglobal.net:   
   >   
   >   
   >>> Except that before the war, everyone (Germans, Russians, CIA, etc...)   
   >>> said that Saddam had the weapons and was close to getting nuclear   
   >>> weapons.   
   >>   
   >> TRemember that Blix couldn't find any evidence?   
   >>   
   > While Blix couldn't find any evidence, he was also sure that Iraq wasn't in   
   > compliance with the U.N. resolutions and he was sure they were sytematically   
   > hiding info and evidence.    Technically that was all that was needed to   
   > remove Saddam as a condition of his surrender in GWI.   
      
   Not the same statement.  In any event, it did seem Blix was by no means   
   convinced they had anything serious.   
      
      
   >   
   >>> French and Germain resistance to the war was largely because Saddam   
   >>> owed them so much money and had nothing to do with regard to any kind   
   >>> of morality.   
   >>   
   >> Maybe you convinced yourself then that this was the reason?  The facts   
   >> are different though.   
   >>   
   >>   
   > Well, the facts are that Saddam was into Germany and France for a lot of   
   > dough.  Do you dispute that?  Follow the money.   
      
   So?  They stated reasons which differed from yours and which happened to   
   make lots of sense.  And which the subsequent events have vindicated.  Do   
   you have to claim that what they said was disingenuous and should be   
   replaced by your self-serving conspiracy theory?   
      
   Fact: invading Iraq has made terrorism a more serious issue.   The world   
   is much less secure than it was before.   
      
   Fact: Iraq is turning into an inextricable mess.   
      
   What more do you want?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)