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2004-07-04 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Paul Moloney 2004-07-04 4:31:20 AM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 At $5K a pop, as long as the game lasts, the Arabs will lead the Poles to more such finds, methinks.

Posted by .com 2004-07-04 4:38:13 AM|| [http://www.amble.com/images/arab_think.gif] 2004-07-04 4:38:13 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Note the press source; The Washington Post ..

Posted by Mark Espinola 2004-07-04 4:38:40 AM|| 2004-07-04 4:38:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 The do seem inordinately pleased, don't they... Fading to irrelevance, they spin and clip and twist and nudge for all they are worth.

Posted by .com 2004-07-04 4:46:03 AM|| [http://www.amble.com/images/arab_think.gif] 2004-07-04 4:46:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Damn CIA agents ...

Posted by Anonymous14993 2004-07-04 5:36:37 AM|| 2004-07-04 5:36:37 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Given that our *side*, not just the US, have been finding huge stores of what clearly are chemical weapons, stored in bunkers and ready to us *as* chemical weapons, and *with* the means to deliver them, and *yet* we ADAMANTLY DENY that they ARE chemical weapons, doesn't that raise a question?

We are not doing this to entertain ourselves.

The UN resolution that the US used to invade Iraq,
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441,

http://www.un.org/Docs/scres/2002/sc2002.htm

states that the PURPOSE of the US invasion is to insure compliance to the weapons inspection regime.

In other words, if the US ever finds WMDs OR ever certifies that there are NO WMDs, it has no further UN justification for being in Iraq at all.

Which means, bottom line, that until Iraq has an elected government that officially requests the US to stay in Iraq with a 'Status of Forces' agreement, like with Germany, there WILL BE NO WMDs found, nor will the US certify that Iraq is "WMD FREE."

Posted by Anonymoose 2004-07-04 10:05:02 AM|| 2004-07-04 10:05:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 That's an interesting theory, Anonymoose. Would certainly explain why there have been dozens of WMD "finds" reported by troops in the field and the press, then denied by the authorities after further "testing".

But I can't picture the administration hounding itself to electoral defeat on the basis of a technicality. There have been a number of later UN Security Council resolutions which would cover our presence in the country. The occupation legitimacy issue is already in play.

A better guess would be that they're holding the various discoveries in reserve to wait until the Kerry campaign commits itself to a "no WMD" soundbite. That would explain Kerry's caginess about covering his bases in case WMD are found.

Meh, that's a cynical, goofy way to view the world, assuming that both campaigns are lying through their teeth, and distorting our pursuit of the war. The Razor would demand that we simply conclude that the WMD testing equipment used in the field is terribly inaccurate.

Posted by Mitch H. 2004-07-04 12:04:48 PM|| [http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2004-07-04 12:04:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 According to this report in Agence France Press (no less!), the Poles are sticking by their story that the WMDs were there:
Poland stands by 'poison gas' find Iraq

Posted by Jen 2004-07-04 12:28:12 PM|| [http://www.greatestjeneration.com] 2004-07-04 12:28:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Best guess: They're sitting on as much of the info as possible because they don't want the enemy to know that there're caches of readily available chemical weapons all over Iraq. "Nope, nuthin' to see here, move along."

Posted by AzCat 2004-07-04 1:52:06 PM|| 2004-07-04 1:52:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 AzCat: Now *that* theory I like. It's plausable, clever without being convoluted, and appeals to both left-wing and right-wing prejudices - to the left, that the adminstration can't control stockpiles, to the right, that they've lying to us with the very best of intentions.

It's also thoroughly unfalsifiable with OS material. I nominate this theory for "new WMD meme of the month".

Posted by Mitch H. 2004-07-04 5:02:05 PM|| [http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2004-07-04 5:02:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 I like it...especially if W reveals it in October, or maybe during the Dem convention. The DNC/DU/LLL collective heads would burst, like in Mars Attacks. Ack, Ack-Ack!

Posted by Frank G 2004-07-04 5:21:23 PM|| 2004-07-04 5:21:23 PM|| Front Page Top

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