Saddam captured

[OnyxCougar]

Originally posted by Radar
You're ignoring the fact that Iraq was under no obligation to tell the UN or anyone else how many weapons or what kind of weapons they have. Iraq is a sovereign nation and doesn't require permission from anyone to have any weapons they want including nukes. Were I the leader of Iraq, I'd tell America, and the UN to kiss my hairy ass and don't presume to tell me what to do in MY country.

I'm kinda fuzzy on the details, but as I recall, we didn't obliterate Iraq in GW1 because Iraq agreed to what amounts to an agreement to pull out of Kuwait, under UN conditions. IOW, if you pull out and agree to these conditions, we won't stomp you into paste. Iraq agreed to those conditions, and then reneged. Apperantly, that agreement made Iraq feel obligated to report it's WMD, (although, as stated, those reports were lies.)

Whether you think they were under obligation or not is irrelevant. Iraq is a member nation of the UN, and Iraq seemed to think it had an obligation to report to the UN, and lied.