The big uproar over the Iraqi missiles, appears to be yet another case of the Bush Administration, of whom Colin Powell seems to be a willing dupe, obfuscating the truth.
Here's the deal. Under the cease fire and UN resolutions, Iraq's missile armaments are supposed to be limited to a range of 90 miles. The UN inspectors noticed that the missiles flew between 105 and 113 miles in testing, a technical violation that the Bush Administration jumped on. The problem is this -- the guidance package hasn't been added for the flight tests, which means that the 100+ mile range estimate isn't entirely factual.
Not having the guidance package, also makes me wonder if they've added even simulated warheads, which could reduce range further, if they haven't tried that out.
So the President and his minions have jumped on another piece of "evidence" about Iraq and distotrted it for their own use. In the words of the inspectors, "garbage after garbage after garbage:. See CBS for the whole story.
Posted by Chris at February 21, 2003 09:24 AM