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The Venn diagram for the following articles appears unusually crowded:
http://en.wikipedia.orgview_html.php?sq=&lang=&q=Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction http://en.wikipedia.orgview_html.php?sq=&lang=&q=Disarmament_of_Iraq http://en.wikipedia.orgview_html.php?sq=&lang=&q=Iraq_disarmament_crisis http://en2.wikipedia.orgview_html.php?sq=&lang=&q=United_Nations_actions_regarding_Iraq http://en2.wikipedia.orgview_html.php?sq=&lang=&q=The_UN_Security_Council_and_the_Iraq_war http://en2.wikipedia.orgview_html.php?sq=&lang=&q=Worldwide_government_positions_on_war_on_Iraq http://en.wikipedia.orgview_html.php?sq=&lang=&q=Iraq_crisis,_2003
Haukurth 00:21, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)
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From the page...
The Plan Makes All the Difference
"The projected United States invasion of Iraq..."
Isn't there some other topic heading that we could put this under, as this event has not occurred yet, and it might be confused with war in 1990.
I removed (which later accounts have suggested was probably a justified concern). because there was no proof given in the article. -- Zoe
I think we are actually being a little more gentle with Iraq than necessary. They did agree at the close of the Gulf War to destroy weapons of mass destruction. They did not do so and concealed them. One does not need access to top secret information to definitively establish those facts. User:Fredbauder
Fredbauder is right: There is ample evidence that Iraq had an active nuclear weapons program, that they had and used chemical weapons, and that they lied to UNSCOM from beginning to end. Yet what is most particularly relevant to the current debate is not what capabilities they had, but what capabilities they now have. Does anyone have more information on this subject? More external links? TIA --Fritzlein
Re: the 1998 withdrawal of the inspectors: I'm pretty sure they were withdrawn by Butler, not by Iraq. See, for example, [1] Iraq was not allowing them to search all sites, but they did not expel them from the country. DanKeshet
Bush's threats of invasion are based on nothing more than a child-like insistence on finishing what daddy started in the early 90's. Iraq has proven itself to be a negligible threat. The political impact of an attack on Iraq far outweighs the pittance of armament they possess.
I think a better title for this page is US plan to invade Iraq. Until and unless the US actually invades, there is only a plan. Moreover, announcements of the plan might be posturing (sable-rattling?).
Perhaps a ? after the title, that's how ABC News handles it, "Road to War?".
Removed line about US law preventing Saddam's assasination. There is no such law. There is an executive order (possibly three different ones) issued by the President which can be repealed by him. And I thought that I heard it was but I cannot find a mention of the repeal on the Web. --rmhermen
I changed the title of the article to US plan to invade Iraq, because the proposed invasion hasn't happened yet, and it might even not happen. When and if the US invades Iraq, we can change the title to US Invasion of Iraq with the click of a button. --Ed Poor 14:09 Sep 11, 2002 (UTC)
The content of this page needs to be broken up into separate pages (the us plan, UN resolutions on Iraq, Iraq and weapons of mass destruction, perhaps) ...I'd do it, but I'm not sure when I'd have the time. --The Cunctator
Almost the entire article is devoted to opposition to the US plan. Shouldn't there be a bit more about why Bush favors an invasion. I have mixed feelings about it, even though I see Iraq as a threat, and I'd like to be able to read a fair summary here.
There should be more stuff like the following:
--Ed Poor
This material was excised from War on Terrorism, because of it's War on Iraq-specific nature. We should integrate it if possible with this article:
Common arguments against a war against Iraq include:
DanKeshet 15:33 Nov 22, 2002 (UTC)
The checkbox marked "This is a minor edit" is for spelling errors, wikifying, and so on. Changes tothe meaning of the article, especially on controversial matters, should not be marked "minor". --Ed Poor
to rid Iraq of its alleged weapons of mass destruction (see regime change).
Why do you keep putting in "alleged", soulpatch? --Ed Poor
Can someone provide some documentation for the claim that Powell is grumbling behind the scenes? Else that ought to be removed, since it's so tenuous as it stands... Personally I'm sick to death of "Powell-as-Dove", when he's one of the most hawkish people on the planet. As Normon Solomon says, "Some hawks have polished talons." So, documentation to demonstrate he's dovish on Iraq, or else we should axe it as misleading. Graft 18:25 Dec 5, 2002 (UTC)
"..to overthrow Saddam Hussein's dictatorship and replace it with a government which respects the standard of human rights which the US requires"" Is that a publically stated aim? Mintguy 14:40 Dec 6, 2002 (UTC)
Ed Poor - The opening paragraph seems alright, but it should be mentioned that other reasons for an invasion could exist, that the Bush administration isn't admitting to... i.e. oil or regional military hegemony. Greg Godwin
I moved some stuff that had been hiding in Opposition up into the introductory section, because it has nothing to do with opposition and in fact discusses the meat of the invasion plan. However, there's some problems with it:
Hi VC, I don't think it's apt to call it "threatening", since the U.S. has never explicitly said it will use nuclear weapons against Iraq. It has made vague pronouncements in policy documents about using "all of our available options" (or some such), it has talked a lot about bunker-busters, which is not-so-subtle. Can we consense on "made veiled threats"? Graft
It announced about a month ago that if Iraq uses chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons then there will be an immediate US nuclear retaliation. Ive never heard about the bunker-busters... Vera Cruz
Why is it necessary to say, critics, especially the iraqis, which makes it sound as if the iraqis are the only critics. I don't think Ive heard a criticism yet where somebody hasn't brought up oil. Vera Cruz
Well, we most move in different circles because where Im at, left-wing democrats are considered to be right wing fascists... All I hear is oil, and I believe it too. Bush=Oil Exec Cheney=Oil Exec Saddam=Oil Exec Karzai=Oil Exec Rice=Oil Exec doesnt take much to figure it outVera Cruz
The U.S.'s saying it's considering military action against Iraq is a "threat" not a "plan". As a matter of NPOV, we can't know if the U.S. even has a plan, much less whether it has any intention to implement it. So could we please change the title of this article to something more accurate, more neutral, and more specific (so we can tell this one from all the others there have been and will be in the future)? -- isis 04:37 Jan 11, 2003 (UTC)
If you have something to criticize, then bring it up specifically. I hardly think this article is full of nonsense speculation, nor do I feel it fails to touch upon the US plan of invading and occupying Iraq. Vera Cruz
The US has more than a threat, they do have a plan. They have published it and it involves attacking Iraq and killing a lot of people. As to whether they intend to execute said plan...well who knows but apparently they seem hellbent on it. We should link to WWIII from this... Vera Cruz
The only elements of the plan that we know are
Everything else is speculation...Vera Cruz
You missed my flowchart
Speculation is encyclopedic. Just check out the section on religion, it's got a lot of speculation. Vera Cruz
I'd prefer a title akin to "Iraq crisis 2002-2003", since it is an issue bigger than just the threatened invasion by the US. - Khendon 15:31 Jan 21, 2003 (UTC)
At some point in the article it says that France Germany and Russia are opposed to the US plan at all levels. Is this correct? I thought Russia and China were allying themselves with the US. I just saw this on Yahoo recently. dgrant. Oops, I just checked, I was wrong: "China and Russia, as well as Canada, joined France and Germany Thursday in opposing any rush to war.". I realized why I got confused. There was another section of the text where it called China and Russia allies of the U.S. Hmm, it doesn't sound like they are allies.
Isn't this like a discussion among loyal friends? You're about to do something your friends consider ill-advised (like Marlon Brando going against Johnny Friendly in On the Waterfront). So they try to talk you out of it. Some may tell you privately not to do it, others may voice their concerns publicly.
But when you finally decide to do it, your loyal friends drop all talk of opposition and give you their support: some whole-heartedly, others within limits.
Why?
Because, before the commencement of hostilities, there are two choices:
But after the hostilities have begun, the choices are different:
There's a big difference between these 2 sets of choices. --Ed Poor
Canadains get exposed to American propaganda: it simply is not as effective without the childhood indoctrination of the American Civil Religon. Americans swim in a soup of propaganda from birth and that makes critical thinking about America and Its place in the world, impossible except for the dedicated. User:Two16
People! This article is getting huge again. Please refrain from updating it every time there is any news development: most news stories go nowhere and Wikipedia is not a news report. In a few minutes I'm going to spin-off the Public Opinion section into a daughter article since it is not directly related to the plan. --mav
Don't panic, very soon I'll be removing the redirect from United States invasion of Iraq Fred Bauder 21:10 Feb 1, 2003 (UTC)
Huh? I thought the massive Iraqi campaign against the Kurds was the main reason Bush wants Iraq to give up its chemical weapons!
The whole section seems one-sided. It sounds as if Iraq has no WMD, and as if everyone knows this, and as if the US has some ulterior motive. Sheer propaganda.
I just removed this. Now that the speech has been made, this information should be presented differently if at all: ...disclose newly unclassified information on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs and connections between the country and the plotters of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the US. An anonymous senior U.S. official told reporters that Powell has material showing that Iraq not only was hiding chemical and biological weapons from U.N. inspectors, but smuggling in technology for long-range missile and nuclear weapons programs. Loisel 21:32 Feb 5, 2003 (UTC)
Excuse me, Powell did not even MENTION al qaida in the presentation...it was avoided altogether
Mr Powell said Iraq "harbours" a terrorist network headed by al-Qaeda operative Abu Musab Zarqawi. This network helped establish another poison and explosives training camp in north-east Iraq. Powell showed a picture he said was of this camp.
Ambition and hatred are enough to bring Iraq and al-Qaeda together
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2728545.stm
Colin Powell
Analysis: 'Al-Qaeda link'
Mr Powell said some al-Qaeda groups were operating in northern areas of Iraq. Although they were in Kurdish areas outside the direct control of Baghdad, he said Iraqi agents were working with the groups.
Iraqis visited Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan and provided training to al-Qaeda members. He said Iraq maintained active links with Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network, using its embassy in Pakistan as a "liaison office".
The UK won't be having a vote before attacking Iraq (if they do) because of the need to maintain the "element of surprise". Picture the scene, in a bunker somewhere in Iraq:
Just a shame you were wrong, eh? ;-) -- Khendon 15:11 Mar 18, 2003 (UTC)
Iraq crisis of 2003 still has a fair bit of information not over here yet. Someone should complete that job and turn that article into a redirect.
Calling it a 'disarmament crisis' is a nice cop-out. It was an 'invasion crisis' just a week ago, until it became obvious the invasion was globally so unpopular that 'regime change' wasn't a popular goal. It's just a 'crisis', and the only NPOV thing that can be said about it is that it's the Iraq crisis of 2003. Shifting to this title is a POV move. An honest title would admit that the US invasion plan played a role in the crisis as much as disarmament failure.
Also, alleged impacts of invading Iraq have been so important in forming the debate on this issue, that it deserves at least a one-liner in this article. To dodge around *why* the US plan was so unpopular seems like an absolute cop-out - we are talking about world majority opinion here (that the cons outweigh pros).
Still a messy, messy entry. What's Wolfowitz doing in the same breath as Clinton? What Wolfowitz did during the Clinton administration wasn't important then; it has only become important in retrospect. --The Cunctator