Tim May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: As the Iraqis themselves said, and I paraphrase (because the quote is
not handy): "If the U.S. says they know the locations of secret weapons projects, of underground bunkers, etc., why don't they simply give the
locations to the U.N. weapons inspectors who can then go to those sites?"
The U.S. had no response.
Once the war is over senior people in the U.S. administration better have proof acceptable to the international community in open forums if they do not wish to share a similar fate as their Iraqi counterparts.
Unlike cops who have to act quickly to plant a "throwdown gun" when they need to backstop their story that the perp pulled a gun on them, the CIA has had months to prepare the necessary evidence.
There is zero chance that "secret weapons" will _not_ be found. More detailed analysis may point to the DNA lineage of the weapons, for example. Of course, the fact that the U.S. government supplied Saddam with bio-agents when he was our Bought and Paid-For Dictator (for all of the 1980s) may confuse this forensic microbiology.
I agree that if the U.S. does not find any evidence that Iraq was in violation of the WMD resolutions, then many top U.S. officials will face trials and hangings. (Or, since such trials will never be allowed to occur, independent actions by world citizens who realize that guys like Bush and Cheney and Powell CENSORED CENSORED CENSORED CENSORED
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