So far as I can recall, North Korea just announced one day "Hey, we have nuclear weapons". The U.S. response to this for a while seemed pointedly looking away, hands clapped over its ears, saying, "la la la".
While my memory isn't what it once was, this would mean your point doesn't invalidate Rush's argument, although usually something does.
Incidentally, the scariest thing I've heard lately from The Administration is Rumsfeld announcing that he believed that the inspectors not finding weapons could be taken as a sign that Iraq was in material breach. He did not explain the logic behind this statement, of course.
In the same report, I finally heard a reason for why The Administration doesn't seem to actually want the inspectors to actually find anything (i.e. why the US is claiming it knows of hidden weapons, but won't tell the inspectors where to find them). If the inspectors find anything, it's their job to destroy it -- poof, no more weapons, no more pressing need to invade Iraq.
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Hem, I have so many nukeses.
Date: 2003-01-17 09:59 am (UTC)While my memory isn't what it once was, this would mean your point doesn't invalidate Rush's argument, although usually something does.
Incidentally, the scariest thing I've heard lately from The Administration is Rumsfeld announcing that he believed that the inspectors not finding weapons could be taken as a sign that Iraq was in material breach. He did not explain the logic behind this statement, of course.
In the same report, I finally heard a reason for why The Administration doesn't seem to actually want the inspectors to actually find anything (i.e. why the US is claiming it knows of hidden weapons, but won't tell the inspectors where to find them). If the inspectors find anything, it's their job to destroy it -- poof, no more weapons, no more pressing need to invade Iraq.
-AE