Synthaholic
Diamond Member
Until he did. Hans Blix.
Yes Saddam did let the inspectors back in during November 2002. And in Mid-December Saddam's liaison to the UNSC read a letter from SH that offered Bush a chance to send the CIA FBI and US military WMD experts in tto hunt for the WMD firsthand that was not there.
I'll bet EconoChick is not aware of that critical fact.
The Bush White House response to that offer was 'let the UN handle it'. ...
And then they did not let the UN handle it. They stupidly started a war after turning down the chance to peaceably send the CIA in to verify what they suspected might be there without blowing peopie up and shooting at them - Really dumb. Totally dumb. No excuse for not looking into SH's offer.
You are looking at it from the perspective of someone trying to avert a war.
Bush/Cheney wanted the war - they just had to find an excuse to sell.