Subject: Re: [LPNY DISCUSS] Liberty: -- Issues -- Why Didn't Iraq Use Chemical and Biological Weapons Against U.S. Troops?
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 14:41:44 -0400
To:        <lpny_discuss@yahoogroups.com>
From:     Bob Armstrong <bob@cosy.com>
On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 14:09:49 -0400, Marc Brands Liberty wrote:
>=A0Why Didn't Iraq Use Chemical and Biological Weapons Against=
 U.S.
>=A0Troops?
>=A0by Ted Galen Carpenter
>
>=A0There are four possible explanations.

 #3 :
>=A0Iraq no longer had chemical and biological weapons. They were
>=A0destroyed in the 1990s.
>=A0That was, in fact, Baghdad's official position in the months=
 leading
>=A0up to the war. Most experts scoffed at such assertions. 

 Most outside the US did not scoff . Nor did they accept=
 uncritically .
 They put in place and were engaged in a protocol and timetable=
 for
 inspection and verification which would have been completed by=
 now .

> If Iraq no
>=A0longer had chemical and biological weapons, the primary=
 justification
>=A0for the war was erroneous, thousands of people died needlessly,=
 and
>=A0America's reputation will suffer a severe blow throughout the=
 world.

 Thousands did , and the US has .

>=A0-----
>=A0Source: http://www.cato.org/dailys/06-02-03.html


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