"Glenn Dowdy" wrote in message
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"L'acrobat" wrote in message
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If Saddam can walk away from accounting for 36 buried chem rounds
(assuming
they are chem), why not 360 - at what point would you agree that he
should
have accounted for the rounds?

While we may have insisted that he had accountability, the actual disposal
and tracking takes place at a much lower level. If a soldier steals demo
from a range, is our President liable?

This ain't demo from a range. These munitions were the subject of repeated
requirements for Saddam to fully (and accurately) account for them, which he
obviously failed to do (I'd challenge you to find, anywhere in Saddam's
numerous "full, final, and complete" WMD disclosures to the UN, where he
listed *any* chemical weapons as either stolen or lost). Further, there is
no indication they were "stolen"; in fact, it would appear they were
intentionally hidden, so your analogy is not too accurate IMO.

Brooks


Glenn D.