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Mark Eby — (archived)

Do you think the UN would have accomplished anything with Saddam without the US first defeating him soundly in GW1? If one accepts your point as a valid one, I think it is more of an exception that proves the rule rather than a counter claim.

I agree he was at least mostly disarmed at the start of teh war, but I do not believe he would have stayed disarmed in the absence of inspections. The wealth he amassed off the corrupted UN oil for food program gave him plenty of cash to rebuild his stockpiles and infrastructure. France, Russia selfish motives for going slack on Iraq have been exposed through the UN corruption probe, and I have little doubt would have continued their program of weakening the sanctions on Iraq. Over the long term the program would not have been a success if the trend over the past decade had continued.

The UN has become very weak because it will not enforce its own resolutions. The UN can pass all the resolutions it wants, but they are meaningless without the will or ability to enforce them.

Regards,
Mark

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