Sites Holmquist trys, and often fails, to go no more than a couple of days without visiting (some of which Holmquist regularly swipes links from without attribution)
Iraq has said United Nations weapons inspectors can come back in to the country, a move that is sure to permanently halt Washington's imperial drive to war. Keep in mind, it is not as if the United States bombed Iraq yesterday or anything.
Seriously, last Thursday, Bush said there were a lot of conditions that Iraq had to meet to avoid war:
If the Iraqi regime wishes peace, it will immediately and unconditionally forswear, disclose, and remove or destroy all weapons of mass destruction, long-range missiles, and all related material.
If the Iraqi regime wishes peace, it will immediately end all support for terrorism and act to suppress it, as all states are required to do by U.N. Security Council resolutions.
If the Iraqi regime wishes peace, it will cease persecution of its civilian population, including Shi'a, Sunnis, Kurds, Turkomans, and others, again as required by Security Council resolutions.
If the Iraqi regime wishes peace, it will release or account for all Gulf War personnel whose fate is still unknown. It will return the remains of any who are deceased, return stolen property, accept liability for losses resulting from the invasion of Kuwait, and fully cooperate with international efforts to resolve these issues, as required by Security Council resolutions.
If the Iraqi regime wishes peace, it will release or account for all Gulf War personnel whose fate is still unknown. It will return the remains of any who are deceased, return stolen property, accept liability for losses resulting from the invasion of Kuwait, and fully cooperate with the international efforts to resolve these issues, as required by Security Council resolutions.
If the Iraqi regime wishes peace, it will immediately end all illicit trade outside the oil-for-food program. It will accept U.N. administration of funds from that program, to ensure that the money is used fairly and promptly for the benefit of the Iraqi people.
Since Iraq is unlikely to do all of these things no matter what happens with weapons inspectors, Bush still has plenty of room to justify war. The U.N. might not think all of these issues are a justified reasons for war but its support has never been Bush's primary concern.
It is thus far from shocking to see that Bush and friends have rejected the offer. posted by micah holmquist at 9/17/2002 11:23:00 AM
