[Think] Iraq: Coercive International Inspections

[Fen Labalme]

Another message from Pete - an option that for some reason Bush is not
considering, but which would help us reach the goal of safety from weapons of
mass destructin (e.g., nukes) that Iraq may be developing.



Story:

http://www.ceip.org/files/publications/iraq/mathews.htm

COERCIVE INTERNATIONAL INSPECTIONS

Quotes which reflect the concept:

"It has been widely 

ASSUMED THAT THE UNITED STATES HAS ONLY TWO OPTIONS

regarding that threat: continue to do nothing to find and destroy Iraq's
nuclear, chemical, biological, and missile programs, or pursue covert
action or a full-scale military operation to overthrow Saddam Hussein."

"THIS PAPER PROPOSES A THIRD APPROACH,

a middle ground between an unacceptable status quo that allows Iraqi
weapons of mass destruction programs to continue and the enormous costs
and risks of an invasion. It proposes a new regime of

COERCIVE INTERNATIONAL INSPECTIONS 

BACKED BY A FORCE

AUTHORIZED BY THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL 

would carry

UNIMPEACHABLE LEGITIMACY and

COMMAND BROAD INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT."

Read the whole thing. Please.

http://www.ceip.org/files/publications/iraq/mathews.htm