My concerns about Iraq

Submitted by Warren Meyer (United States), Apr 10, 2003 at 12:00

I have 2 basic questions regarding the Iraqi situation. If you should are able to address my questions, please do so in The New York Post, as that is where I read your columns.

1) I don't suspect that chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons will ever be found in Iraq. We all know that Hussein was making them. My own guess is that they were moved before the war, probably to Syria. If they were moved, will they ever be found? I cannot imagine Syria, or whatever government accepted them, to be forthright in disclosing their existence. What can we do about it?

2) I read with interest an article on Al-Jazeera's website about the Russian convoy that was shot at. They were speculating that the diplomats were smuggling documents out of Iraq. Documents that I imagine would be rather incriminating. This would explain why the Americans shot, but didn't destroy, the convoy. I had previously heard on one of the American news channels (I don't remember which one) that a military spokesman, upon being questioned on the shooting, said (paraphrasing) "look at all the tanks we've destroyed. If we were really shooting at the convoy, don't you think we would've killed it?" Again, the document's smuggling scheme would explain why they weren't killed. If the convoy was smuggling documents, is there any chance at all of finding out about them?

It just seems to me that George Bush faces the possibility of having an awful lot of egg on his face, especially regarding my first question. How will the administration take care of this?

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