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But they move them just in time, John; the Iraqis have eyes and ears in the Inspection team--and bugs too. Minders also outnumber inspectors by some absurd ratio.

Also, isn't it even less logical to presume that Saddam actually unilaterally destroyed all his WMD, when all his actions over the years have consisted of obstructing, deceiving, delaying, and even expelling inspectors? IMO it's absolutely preposterous.

Just put all the pieces of the jigsaw together: Saddam's actions, Iraq's illegal imports of special technologies, testimonies of ranking defectors, the death threats to Iraqi scientists if they cooperate...it just goes on and on. Doesn't all this, in your mind, far outweigh one minor apparent logical inconsistency?


I'm really having trouble seeing why people are trying to give Saddam every last shred of available doubt--especially in light of his history which should, if anything, incline people in the other direction.