tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213262.post2141105173923259154..comments2024-03-25T07:29:08.216-04:00Comments on 2 Political Junkies: Buying the WarMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10439330154875628083noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213262.post-83885463777126012942007-05-01T13:06:00.000-04:002007-05-01T13:06:00.000-04:00Also please recall that the inspectors went back i...Also please recall that the inspectors went back into Iraq months before Bush invaded. In fact, they had to scurry out of the way lest they be caught in the "shock and awe" campaign.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213262.post-85376517900559590052007-04-30T08:38:00.000-04:002007-04-30T08:38:00.000-04:00Yeah, I remember listening *in the '90's* to more ...Yeah, I remember listening *in the '90's* to more than one NPR story about the weapons inspectors, about how they had developed increasingly sophisticated means of discovering chemical and nuclear weapons (I’m not sure about biological, but so far that has turned out ok). Yeah, they were thrown out in, what, 97 or 98, but Iraq had sufficient sanctions on it that only a tiny amount of chemicals or other materials oculd have been smuggled in. The MSM had access to all this information, but I guess they realized it wouldn’t play well after 9/11 to credit the UN and argue with the administration. And I heard story after story about how the secular Saddam Hussein infuriated Muslim fundamentalists. Al Qaeda had a lot more in common with the government of Iran, and indeed it seems likely worked with them some before 9/11 (and as I recall, Iran turned on them after). <BR/><BR/>Well, never underestimate the power of public opinion.EdHeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09109361235271107574noreply@blogger.com