September 19, 2002
From the desk of Jane Galt:All Iraq, All The Time
All Iraq, All The Time
I know some of you get sick of it when I go on these long streams on one subject. But this is how I think -- I spend a lot of time thinking about one subject, then I finish with it, decide what I really think, and move on. I'm still deciding on Iraq. You guys are bearing the brunt; I apologize. But remember, the Blogger Bash is tomorrow, so at least on Saturday there will be pictures to break the monotony. And elections are coming up fast. Just bear with me.
Any road, I came across this comment on Brink Lindsey's site, which I thought was interesting:
"I've always thought that the best argument for Saddam's fundamental irrationality is at the core of Brian's comment. If Saddam were a rational actor, and his goal was to get nuclear weapons, he would have allowed full, unfettered inspections and waited for the sanctions to be lifted. He would have then had many billions of dollars with which to buy WMDs or buy the means to develop them after the inspectors left."
This raises the question: why is Saddaam stonewalling? The commentator is completely right; it would have been smarter to bury the stuff.
I get two answers, neither of which I like: either Saddaam is close, or thinks he's close, to something very nasty -- something he thinks will force us to capitulate.
Or Saddaam's power calculus, whatever it is, is not going to allow full-bore inspections.
Posted by Jane Galt at September 19, 2002 1:02 PM | TrackBack | Technorati inbound links