[Cacophonous]

The issue is not whether Iraq has cooperated sufficiently with U.N. inspectors or complied with U.N. resolutions.

Yes, it is.

Careful here. If we are going to condemn Iraq for violating UN resolutions, we must also condemn Israel. Of course, a true Conservative would have long ago thumbed his nose at the UN and their globalist, unenforcable "sanctions", thereby eliminating that as an excuse.

[Samurai_Jack]

The harsh reality is that the Middle East has no history of democratic rule

Well there is a problem right there...

Isreal is a democratic nation and quite stable in spite of the genocidal arabs and the villainous United (League of) Nations.

Egypt and Turkey I believe are republican forms of government. The Iranian Student movements are gaining strength against the Fascism instituted by the Carter Administration.

I see no reason to abandon the Middle East to Totalitarianism when better options are available. Even if you have to use force to liberate an oppressed people.

[Leto]

The hell witht the UN resolutions. Whne the Iraqi's met to surrender to US forces, keeping the regieme in power, they made committments, they didn't meet the committments. We are then entitled to finish the war. Which we will.

It's nice that the author assures us that Saddam won't pass on nukes to AlQUeda or Hezbollah or Islanic Jihad or Hamas, it makes me FEEL so much better.....but I'm not willing to bet NYC ot Wash DC or any other American City on this guy's GUESS....OK?

[The Electrician]

Careful here. If we are going to condemn Iraq for violating UN resolutions, we must also condemn Israel.

No need to be careful here, because the statement is not really true. Not all UN resolutions are created alike. Some (such as the ones that Iraq has violated) have consequences that are actionable, whereas others (such as the ones that were passed concerning Israel and the Palestinians) were issued under a different section of the UN charter and are not. The two are not equivalent.

Having said that, I guess that I need to do some research to back that up... More when I find the specifics.

[Feiny]

I agree with you about the UN, but it doesn't look like the US is pulling out of the UN anytime soon. This is not about how I feel about the UN. Iraq agreed to the terms, Saddam signed the papers....thus, he is bound by his own word. It is just too bad that a mans word is no longer worth the paper it is written on.