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Now What? Dave Winer asks, "You did say that, there was a UN Security Council resolution, the vote was unanimous, not vetoed by France, Russia or China. Okay he didn't disarm. Now what?"
Ted Kennedy had the right idea on a CNBC interview. So long as we're making progress with inspections [no matter how slowly, IMHO] we should stick with that process. Even if it takes forever. What's the hurry? We could multiply the number of inspectors by 10x or 100x. Iraq isn't able to add to its weaponry so long as the U.N. is in there. The cost of inspectors (in dollars, lives, and worldwide public opinion) is trivial compared to the deployment of more than 200,000 U.S. troops.
In the past few decades we've learned a lot about negotiating with fanatics of all kinds. We've learned, for example, that we can wait them out rather than escalate situations. Unless they take and threaten hostages, it's better to outlast them than to attack them.
I agree that something must be done, but the Bush administration sees war as its only solution.
Posted Thursday, March 06, 2003 11:02:37 AM 
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