"Gould 0738" wrote in message

There was a plan in place to assure that Saddam was compying with the WMD
ban.
The UN and the inspectors were confident that Saddam was in substantial or
better compliance, but that didn't serve the political interests of
certain
governments.

Of course they were "confident"! They were raking $$Millions per day off
the top of the so-called "oil for food" program. The UN, and the Gov'ts of
France and Germany had *highly* vested interests in maintaining the status
quo ante.

Chuck, you of all people should not be going all Pollyanna.