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In reply to the discussion: Hans Blix: U.S. has “poor excuse” for Syria incursion now [View all]DallasNE
(7,418 posts)Does that make you feel better Another Liberal? Some, but not enough?
Actually, it is a quite a bit different than Iraq. Bush had the troops in place and summer was fast approaching. Logistically, delay was not an option. Blix probably made a mistake by asking for an extension to tie up loose ends regarding the paperwork on the destruction of chemical weapons. In hindsight he should have just filed his report that Iraq had no WMD or WMD programs but put in a footnote about documentation issues with the destruction of chemical weapons, 90% of which had been destroyed by the prior UN weapons inspection team. Would Bush still have gone in?
It is different also in that all that is being put on the table now is about 3 days of bombardment with cruise missiles. But what will be the response to that? That is where it gets scary....