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The UN WMD
inspection team in Iraq has
admitted that they have found no smoking gun. Either Saddam's game of hide the
poison-gas has worked, or there is actually nothing to find. Smoking guns seem inevitable though as the US and UK deploy more and more troops in
the MiddleEast 'as a
precautionary measure'. They are hardly likely to have spent all that money gearing up for the war just to pack up and go
home. They are gambling on either WMDs being used in the war, of finding some
after the war. Either would justify the war in the eyes of their swinging
constituents. Iraqi officials have said there is a gun in every household in Iraq, and
people have a willingness to use them. The question is - against who?
George (with-us-or-against-us) Dubya and Tony
(my-wife-is-a-nut-case) Blair are hoping that Iraqis will use the guns to
effect regime change in Baghdad themselves. The best kind of war to have is
the one is someone else's country. Even better if you don't even have to be
there. Of course this military buildup is largely designed to un-nerve
Saddam. Rattling the bars of their cage disorients most savage animals, and
Saddam is no exception. However he is pretty ensconced in Iraqi politics, and he has survived
extreme pressure before - usually just by shooting a few more people. It looks like the Texan cowboy and his faithful dog-of-war are going to have
to confront the despot. Dogs normally go mad on a full moon, but the 1991
bombing campaign started when there was a 'new' moon. The thought
of their stealth bombers being shot down in the light of a full moon was too
embarrassing for the US, so they waited until there was no moon. This would
suggest February first 2003 as a good time to start the Gulf War III. It's not just the West that was wild - now it's the Middle East as
well. Saddam! Draw!
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