Is there anyone who believes, had there been no Iraq War, that with oil at $53/barrel the sanctions would still be imposed?
Given this NYTimessummary of the recent WMD report, Hussein planned to restart nearly all his weapon programs once sanctions were lifted and was bribing nearly everyone under the sun in order to get that to happen. A "coalition of the bribed", if you will, just waiting for the right moment to let Saddam be Saddam.
WIth the doubling of oil prices this last year, with all the oil interests that had pieces of Iraqi oil reserves, is there any doubt that Iraq would now be raking in billions to support their restarted weapons programs?
Is there any doubt that Chirac and company would again be praising Saddam as their companies and political parties got their payoffs? Is there any doubt that Uday and Qusay would be happily raping and killing still? And is there any doubt that the WMD plants would be reopening with shiny new equipment from Saddam's European friends?
Just asking.
