Replies to post #26623 on Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[Rick Faurot]

Going to the UN is just a ruse. They have no intention of letting the UN in. They have to pretend to do that in hopes of quieting the uproar at home over dead soldiers and money flying out the window. But the Bushies will never ever give up control of Iraq--unless we throw them out of office.

[otraque]

<<Blix, who said this week he believed Iraq had destroyed its weapons of mass destruction 10 years ago, told BBC radio London and Washington "over-interpreted" intelligence about Baghdad's weapons programs.

Comparing them to medieval witch-hunters, he said the two countries convinced themselves on the basis of evidence which was later discredited.

"In the Middle Ages when people were convinced there were witches they certainly found them. This is a bit risky," said Blix, whose inspectors left Iraq on the eve of war in March after just a few months of inspections.>>