Pointing the finger

[SeanAshi]

Why didn't Saddam just abide by International Law if he had no WMD? Why the cat and mouse game since 1998?

[One?]

Why didn't Saddam just abide by International Law if he had no WMD? Why the cat and mouse game since 1998?

They asked him to make a report that proves he has no WMD and he did. He allowed inspectors in but no one believed them. What was he supposed to do?

[wholagun]

Why didn't Saddam just abide by International Law if he had no WMD? Why the cat and mouse game since 1998?

I think that if states around Iraq knew he didn't have it they would not fear Sadam as much and who knows maybe another war in the region. By keeping Iran and Israel guessing/assuming/thinking he sill possed stock piles of the stuff he would be safe in power. He basically used it as a threat to any that wanted to mess with him. However, it all depends on if you believe whether he had/has WMDs since 91.

[SeanAshi]

He allowed inspectors in but no one believed them
Every time Saddam let the weapons inspectors into Iraq, they never cooperated, how many times did Iraq kick the weapons inspectors out? In 1998 Bill Clinton and his adminastration sure were convinced that Iraq had wmd.

[mustamato]

He allowed inspectors in but no one believed them
Every time Saddam let the weapons inspectors into Iraq, they never cooperated, how many times did Iraq kick the weapons inspectors out? In 1998 Bill Clinton and his adminastration sure were convinced that Iraq had wmd.

Erh. I guess you are too young to actually remember this, but CIA had
planted their agents among the UN-inspectors, thats´s why they were kicked
out. Not even US has denied that, they just don´t say it nowadays.

And as One said, the Iraqis said what had to be said in 12.000 pages of
documents, but they were not believed. Or well, they probably were, but
since Bush wanted a war, I guess he just ignored the facts.

[Seiyuuki]

Some didn't wanted the war and ignore the facts too...

As a matter of pointing of finger...the Imperialistic Yanks had a hard time proving Saddam has WMD...and Saddam had a hard time proving he didn't have any...Then again, you got your typical contradiction, people bitching about how the "Great Satan USA" gave Saddam WMD a while back and the 3.9 tons of deadly VX nerve gas, 8,500 liters of anthrax, 550 artillery shells filled with mustard gas, and few other goodies Saddam confessed to, prior to the UN inspectors being kicked out in 1998 then going on to blah...blah...blah about how he doesn't have WMD...the game goes on, everybody is steadfast in their ideology, the debate is but a tedious, painful back-and-forth...

[mustamato]

Some didn't wanted the war and ignore the facts too...

As a matter of pointing of finger...the Imperialistic Yanks had a hard time proving Saddam has WMD...and Saddam had a hard time proving he didn't have any...Then again, you got your typical contradiction, people bitching about how the "Great Satan USA" gave Saddam WMD a while back and the 3.9 tons of deadly VX nerve gas, 8,500 liters of anthrax, 550 artillery shells filled with mustard gas, and few other goodies Saddam confessed to, prior to the UN inspectors being kicked out in 1998 then going on to blah...blah...blah about how he doesn't have WMD...the game goes on, everybody is steadfast in their ideology, the debate is but a tedious, painful back-and-forth...

And all this was driven with a japanese Toyota pickup by Achmed al-Tikriti
to Syria I presume?

[Uninen]

:lol:

Its like Bush on another day in interview about the WMD.. Face all red, trying to make up some BS, you could see 10 miles away that he was lying, theres no wmd.

:lol:

http://www.bloodforoil.com/thief-of-baghdad/thief-of-baghdad.jpg

[Seiyuuki]

Some didn't wanted the war and ignore the facts too...

As a matter of pointing of finger...the Imperialistic Yanks had a hard time proving Saddam has WMD...and Saddam had a hard time proving he didn't have any...Then again, you got your typical contradiction, people bitching about how the "Great Satan USA" gave Saddam WMD a while back and the 3.9 tons of deadly VX nerve gas, 8,500 liters of anthrax, 550 artillery shells filled with mustard gas, and few other goodies Saddam confessed to, prior to the UN inspectors being kicked out in 1998 then going on to blah...blah...blah about how he doesn't have WMD...the game goes on, everybody is steadfast in their ideology, the debate is but a tedious, painful back-and-forth...

And all this was driven with a japanese Toyota pickup by Achmed al-Tikriti
to Syria I presume?

Nope...Toyota SUV, not a pickup...

[Seiyuuki]

:lol:

Its like Bush on another day in interview about the WMD.. Face all red, trying to make up some BS, you could see 10 miles away that he was lying, theres no wmd.

:lol:

http://www.bloodforoil.com/thief-of-baghdad/thief-of-baghdad.jpg

Can you read?

[Uninen]

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I was just talking about people in general, that some still do claim that Saddam had WMD, and that Bush wont even still admit that he (Saddam..) didnt have those, even after he himself has called off the search..

rofl

[UoUo]

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I was just talking about people in general, that some still do claim that Saddam had WMD, and that Bush wont even still admit that he (Saddam..) didnt have those, even after he himself has called off the search..

rofl

The fact that we didn't find the WMD don't tell us that they don't exist....
You know....bin laden is still free...nobody know where is he...so what? w

[SeanAshi]

but
since Bush wanted a war, I guess he just ignored the facts.
Why would we do this if we knew there were no wmd? Why go through all the trouble, we truly believed there were wmd in Iraq. Even though its not Presidents Bushs fault, but he being our leader the **** would fall back on him. We did the right thing, we will rebuil Iraq and Afghanistan and it will take sometime, but we are committed to those 2 countries.

[Argyll]

Why didn't Saddam just abide by International Law if he had no WMD? Why the cat and mouse game since 1998?

Do you not mean abide by UN resoloutions?

If so then I could ask the same about another ME country who also does not abide by these resoloutions either....and nothing happens to them! ;)

[Tengu]

Why isn't anyone happy for the people of iraq??

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Why didn't Saddam just abide by International Law if he had no WMD? Why the cat and mouse game since 1998?

he didn't want to lose face and make Iraq look like a weak state to his neighbours. It's a question of honour, there's no honour in being pushed around even by the world's only superpower. Everyone has a right to national pride.