[OnyxCougar]

Originally posted by Kitsune


How did Iraq pose a threat, Beestie? They had an army? They had tanks? Everyone's got those.

The UN inspection teams hadn't found anything in violation of UN terms by the time we invaded and they wanted more time to continue their search and run tests. At one time Iraq did pose a threat to surrounding areas, but in the past two years there was no evidence (except for false or misleading) to support that Iraq had WMD.

Actually, the fact that the weapons inspectors from the UN didn't find what they were looking for was more telling. Iraq admitted to the UN they had biological and chemical weapons, and said, "We have this much, and we've destroyed this much." then gave us numbers.

So the UN said, "OK, show us." Well, they couldn't. Then, they got caught fudging the numbers, so they said, "Well, we really made THIS much, and destroyed THIS much." They got caught again. They changed the numbers. Again.

Had the inspectors found what they were looking for, had Saddam Hussein complied with the UN requirements, much of this whole mess could have been avoided. But Saddam is a compulsive liar, so they lied to the UN. The big hoohah was over the WMD that Saddam already admitted to having, but was no where to be found.