01-16-2003, 12:34 AM
Quote:... The US runs under the assumption that Saddam has weapons of mass destruction because Saddam has not proven otherwise. Because he has not proven himself, he is in violation of the ceasefire, which means we can resume war.He's in violation of the ceasefire that he was forced to sign, or else we would've wiped out his entire country. Saddam's a scumbag, yes, you won't get many arguments that he isn't. But he's a scumbag who never posed any sort of threat to the United States. He's a scumbag who had the support of the United States government, even when he was gassing his own people (and we still to this day support states who similarly practice ethnic cleansing - Turkey and Israel, for example). Only when he invaded Kuwait, and threatened to fuck with part of our OIL supply, did we officially decide that he was a scumbag. Gas your own people, but don't fuck with our oil. Of course, Bush wasn't stupid enough to explicitly say that we were in it for oil - that would mean major backlash from the American population, and other allied nations. So it was done under the pretense of liberating the poor oppressed Kuwaiti and Iraqui civilians, people who we didn't give a fuck about when we had no reason to. So we bombed Iraq and bombed Iraq until they had no choice but to sign the treaty. This is a country that fought the most powerful military in the world - more powerful than the next 10 nations combined - using SCUD missiles.
Do they have nukes? Doubtful. Do they have bio and chemical weapons? Probably, almost certainly. Do they have the means use those weapons against the United States? Not against the mainland, not against any territories - only potentially against US troops in the area. Troops stationed, for example, in Saudi Arabia - our good buddy, that beacon of harmony and freedom.
Quote:... Our posession of weapons of mass destruction does not breach our ceasefire agreement with Iraq or with any other country.We'd never give them up unless forced. Nobody can force us.