One solution to the Iraqi crisis

Undertoad · 10-01-2002, 12:30 PM

Resolved: Iraq will accept UN inspectors at any time at any location.

Inspectors will list the first 50 sites they will inspect. If at any time, access is limited to any section of any specific area, the inspectors will depart all areas, and all 50 sites will then be targetted by multiple 2,000 pound JDAMs within 24 hours.

Whatever remains of the Iraqi government will then be submitted a list of the next 50 sites...

(Hey, you gotta start with <i>some</i> proposal...)

hermit22 · 10-01-2002, 12:49 PM

It's a good start, but I think it's too absolute for most of the world to find it palatable. Any inspectors at any time? How long into the future will this last? And all 50 sites will be destroyed at once? Who's going to provide this list of sites? I also think it would be more cost-effective to say that a sliding percentage of the sites will be hit - that way, he has no idea how many are going to be hit, or which ones. Also, to add some more teeth, sites that aren't under the current inspection list (but, say, on the next) should be on the target list as well.

Unfortunately, when the Iraqi government starts claiming those are civilian sites that are being bombed, they'll gain world support.

I was going to say something more, but while trying to find the text of the US's draft UN resolution on Iraq, I forgot it. Has anyone been able to find a copy of this? All I've found is the resolution Bush sent Congress.

MaggieL · 10-01-2002, 03:37 PM

10-01-2002, 12:30 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	One solution to the Iraqi crisis Resolved: Iraq will accept UN inspectors at any time at any location. Inspectors will list the first 50 sites they will inspect. If at any time, access is limited to any section of any specific area, the inspectors will depart all areas, and all 50 sites will then be targetted by multiple 2,000 pound JDAMs within 24 hours. Whatever remains of the Iraqi government will then be submitted a list of the next 50 sites... (Hey, you gotta start with <i>some</i> proposal...)

10-01-2002, 12:49 PM	#2
hermit22 sleep. Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: So Cal. Posts: 257	It's a good start, but I think it's too absolute for most of the world to find it palatable. Any inspectors at any time? How long into the future will this last? And all 50 sites will be destroyed at once? Who's going to provide this list of sites? I also think it would be more cost-effective to say that a sliding percentage of the sites will be hit - that way, he has no idea how many are going to be hit, or which ones. Also, to add some more teeth, sites that aren't under the current inspection list (but, say, on the next) should be on the target list as well. Unfortunately, when the Iraqi government starts claiming those are civilian sites that are being bombed, they'll gain world support. I was going to say something more, but while trying to find the text of the US's draft UN resolution on Iraq, I forgot it. Has anyone been able to find a copy of this? All I've found is the resolution Bush sent Congress. __________________ blippety blah bluh blah blah

10-01-2002, 03:37 PM	#3
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