Voice from the Commonwealth Commentary, World Views and Occasional Rants from a small 'l' libertarian in Massachussetts
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I think the problem people are having when talking about Saddam and sanctions and teh UN miss the point. There doesn't need to be a debate or a negotiation. Saddam signed a cease fire. He was braking the rules of the cease fire as he signed it. He was hiding his weapons in the hopes they would not be found, in direct contravention of the agreement. Followingthe signing he continued to move his arsenal to hidden locations, research and purchase technology to advance his WMD research. He hindered the inspectors and finally expelled them before they or the UN declared the conditions of the cease fire were met.
Saddam does not have the authority to declare all of the conditions have been met. Failing to meet his obligations does not give him the authority to demand negotiations. There is no need for negotiation. He must allow the terms of the cease fire to be met. Why ask for more negotiations? They are not necessary. The negotiations were completed in 1992.
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