From: "Antti Kurenniemi" 

"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
news:3e7c627f$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> >The inspections were still going on, and IMO when dealing
> > with whole countries and all, 11 years is not such a long
> time.
>
> They were only going on again because we were pushing it -- they
> hadn't been there since 1998.

Exactlymundo - that's what I have been saying all along. If the US had been
active (not active in the sense of a military attack, but for example by
providing resources) all this time, this whole business would not have
escalated to this mess that it is now.



> > In addition, I personally believe that this whole mess would
> > have been over a long time ago had the US helped the UN
> > during those 11 years. But it didn't, quite the opposite, and
> >that sucks.
>
> That's a pretty broad statement you're saying there and not true,

The US has the largest debt to the UN (at least had a few years ago - I
don't know the numbers today). That certainly is not helping the UN in any
way.


> maybe these last few months we've lost faith in the U.N.'s ability
> to act

Why, when finally there was progress (missiles actually being destroyed)?


Antti Kurenniemi

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