Straw in the wind
Jack Straw, Labour's foreign secretary, is confused between means and ends. This, from today's New York Times, says it all:
"Reinstating United Nations weapons inspectors — not the removal of Saddam Hussein — is the centerpiece of Britain's policy toward Iraq, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said today".
Perhaps it is Britain's centerpiece. But the presence, or absence, of inspectors is secondary. Their presence in the past has failed to deter Saddam from building up stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction. Inspectors, without artificial constraints (e.g. the last batch were forbidden from going into Saddam's numerous palaces), can serve a useful function. But they are not central to curing this disease, whose name is Saddam Hussein.
Jack Straw, Labour's foreign secretary, is confused between means and ends. This, from today's New York Times, says it all:
"Reinstating United Nations weapons inspectors — not the removal of Saddam Hussein — is the centerpiece of Britain's policy toward Iraq, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said today".
Perhaps it is Britain's centerpiece. But the presence, or absence, of inspectors is secondary. Their presence in the past has failed to deter Saddam from building up stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction. Inspectors, without artificial constraints (e.g. the last batch were forbidden from going into Saddam's numerous palaces), can serve a useful function. But they are not central to curing this disease, whose name is Saddam Hussein.
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