>This made me think: Who is the threat, or... are these so called "threats" just excuses? And I remembered some I read before:
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>http://www.bintjbeil.com/articles/en/020912_mandela.html
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>That doesn't make you think?

Read this interview with Scott Ritter, and see if you think he has any credibility:

http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/meast/07/17/saddam.ritter.cnna/

Ritter says that in 1998, the inspectors accounted for 90-95% of Iraqs weapons of mass destruction. Since Ritter acknowledges in the article that the Iraqis not only lied to the inspectors and kept inspectors out of facilities sometimes for months at a time, how does he know that the 90-95% number is accurate?

Let's assume that the number is accurate. That still leaves 5-10%. And that was in 1998. Saddam had 4 years without inspections to continue his work. So, we should just ignore that 5-10%?

Regarding his arguments about Israel, of course Mandela ignores the facts. It was the United Nations Security Council, in a 15-0 vote, that decided that Iraq, not Israel, must disarm completely and immediately.