Randy, just two points about the previous inspection team and AIDS
spending. I believe Saddam accused two of the inspectors of being
American and Israeli spies and said he wouldn't cooperate with them,
so the team was withdrawn. This came after they started digging for
bodies of political prisoners that Saddam is believed to have used in
chemical weapons experiments. And the inspections weren't working.
Everything was hidden from them, as now, until a high level Iraqi
defector with knowledge of Saddam's weapons started giving America
information, which was passed to the inspectors, and from that point
on, they had some success -- which was when Saddam accused them of
spying and withdrew his cooperation. Regarding Bush and AIDS, I
thought he just announced another $500 billion? I know it's been
criticized because it isn't going to companies who make generic
versions of the medications, but at least he's not blocking
expenditure.
Sarah
At 3:52 PM -0800 02/17/2003, Randy Remote wrote:
6) Bush the humanitarian has blocked increased spending on
AIDS internationally. 8,000 people die of AIDS each day.
Perhaps some of that $200 billion could be put to a better use.
7) The inspections are working. They were working before.
Former inspector Scott Ritter talks about how they were making
excellent progress tracking down Iraqi weapons. Then the US
withdrew the inspectors. Why?
