i seem to remember plenty of voices saying that the iraqi's were co operating, that inspections were being given access.
i am not condoning saddams regieme, but what i am saying is even a twisted despot can see the writing on the wall.
no UN inspections = mighty US armoured fists coming over his borders.
and then rabs, you blame the last democrat president, well how much time in office did dubya have before gulf war II? plenty of time i would've thought considering that there were UN men crawling all over iraq.
and well, if we are going backwards i may as well mention;
bush snr not finishing saddam when he had the chance (and after promises to iraqi dissidents...who were slaughtered)
rumsfield visiting iraq. and the many republican presidents who DID BUSINESS with saddam.
the fact is, many many countries did business with a dictator and were quite happy as long as the oil, and the money kept flowing, and they're all guilty of the end result....a god awful mess