[geoschmo]

Originally posted by Slynky:
Well, to put the analagy in proper context, I offer this:

A guy can say in front of witnesses that he is going to kill his wife. She can even complain to the police. But they can't arrest him, even though he certainly has the ability to beat her to death. An action has to be done before arrests can be made.

The anaolgy is NOT correct. To use your terms and have the analogy correct you would say Sadaam was convicted of beating his wife, not simply suspected or threatening to do so. He was put on probation and the terms of his probation were that he attend regular counseling (weapons inspections) to make sure he does not go back to beating her. Whether or not he is actually beating her (has weapons of mass destruction) is important to know, but the simple fact that he is skipping the counseling (interfered with the inspectors) is a violation of the terms of his probation and enough to get his butt put in jail.

Geoschmo