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Hmmm... technical trouble kept this post in jail on my PC, it couldn't escape to the server. Yippee, it's free. So - my reaction to Colin Powell's speech before the U.N.: It was solid evidence that the Iraqis are not complying with terms of U.N. Resolution 1441. It was not solid evidence they're making WMDs, or that they have them. So it is a narrower smoking gun than many have wished for. It justifies further U.N. action, since it shows the U.N. resolution was violated, but it doesn't [by itself] justify U.S. military action. Bush must have other evidence that Iraq is making and/or has WMDs that he isn't willing to share yet - we're pretty far along the path of war. The reaction of the U.N. delegates was predictable - "oh, so Saddam is not complying with our resolution, let's send in more inspectors". I think we aren't going to get a second U.N. resolution sanctioning military action - France would veto, among other things - but that won't stop us...
I love it when old media reviews the blogosphere. They never get it right. Kind of like the way TV reviewed "The World Wide Web" [say it in a deep voice] in 1996. Ask yourself this: why is it that whenever the media do a story about something you really know, they get it wrong? Guess what? They've explained hiccups. Thanks goodness for science! |
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