…the ‘War’ gets delayed.
U.S. May Have To Slow Gulf Forces Buildup:
Senior defense officials said yesterday they knew of no decision yet to halt this flow. But they said military planners were considering ways of adjusting it to accommodate a new round of U.N. weapons inspections that may begin later and last longer than once envisioned.
“It’s fair to say there’s some recalibration going on,” one senior defense official said.
I thought this next little bit showed how desperate the Bush administration has become to justify this ridiculous war.
“For the sake of peace at home, for the sake of peace in the Middle East, for the sake of determining whether or not that international body is going to be the League of Nations or the United Nations, Saddam Hussein must disarm, and we expect you, the world, to disarm him,” Bush said, referring to the Iraqi president.
“But my fellow Americans, if they won’t act, and if Saddam Hussein won’t act, for the sake of peace, for the sake of our security, we will lead a coalition to disarm that man,” Bush added.
He sounds so pathetic. The coalition is a coalition of the US and its toadies. Nothing more. And ‘disarming’ is the effective deposal of the government (no matter how authoritarian) and the seizure of the natural resources of an entire people.