The case against Iraq

[nihilie]

The big question right now is "did Colin Powell make his case?"
He made a case indicating that Iraq has all these pieces of equipment that, if assembled in a particular fashion could become weapons and he seems to think that the existence of a few members of Al Quida in Iraq evidence a connection between Saddam and Bin Laden and we should

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[osbick_bird]

The first part of his address was much more convincing--that Iraq *does* have large amounts of unaccounted-for chemical and biological weapons, and is actively taking steps to ensure they will not be found by the inspections team seems is lent credence by both circumstantial evidence and past history. The latter half, however, purportedly demonstrating nuclear capability and 9/11 terrorist ties, was not very well supported. Anyway, if nukes are such a real worry for this administration, why not focus on North Korea? What has changed in the past few months to make Iraq a more pressing, immanent danger than it has been previously? Why are we picking this particular battle, when it seems that there are more pressing ones on our horizon? Erk. It makes my stomach hurt.

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