Remember that 33 pounds of weapons-grade uranium? Well, turns out it was really only five ounces. The 33 pound figure counted the weight of the container. Except it wasn'y really uranium at all.
And of course, we don't actually have any evidence it was going to Iraq anyhow.
I really wish I'd found this CLI for the Linksys WAP11 a few days ago; I could have skipped digging out cables for my Windows box. Alas alack. Still, worth flagging for later experimentation, especially since it allows one to up the base station's power output.
For the curious, I'm using the WAP11 and the Linksys WET11 Wireless Ethernet Bridge to bridge between my apartment and my brother's place. I could have used two WAP11s, or I suppose two WET11s, but either of those approaches wouldn't have gotten me a wireless network -- just a bridge. As is I can use my iBook while sitting on my front steps.
Hey, wait a second. When Bush spoke to the UN, he said "The Security Council resolutions will be enforced." That implies that there are Security Council resolutions in effect, right? So what's all this about "We feel the inspectors should not go in until there is a resolution that gives them the authority and instructions of the Security Council"? I mean, if we want new resolutions, that's good; I'm pretty confident that Saddam would be willing to hide stuff inside his palaces, so I can understand wanting access. But that's no reason to thwart (the State Department's word) inspections under the current rules, is it? Let's be clear on this: that's a direct threat from the United States State Department to obstruct the work of the authorized and appointed UN weapons inspection teams.
Maybe Bush didn't want the existing Security Council resolutions enforced after all. Perhaps he should have said so. Alas, he's now allowed himself to be manuvered into a sticky position -- it's not Iraq standing in the way of the UN any longer, it's the US who appears to be "a threat to the authority of the United Nations..." Again, Bush's words.
Yeah, that was just a really, really smart bit of strategy.
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