01/31/2003 Entry: "Evidence we will again kick the Iraqis' butts into the Stone Age"
Posted by Maynard @ 04:29 PM MST

Evidence we will again kick the Iraqis' butts into the Stone Age

I found this interesting quote in a Fox News article:

Maj. Gen. Hossam Mohammed Amin, the chief Iraqi liaison officer with the inspectors, said Iraq was interested in resolving outstanding issues before Blix and ElBaradei make their next report to the Security Council on Feb. 14.

Outlining the Iraqi position, Amin suggested that Baghdad would not oppose flights by U-2 aircraft, as requested by the United Nations, as long as the United States and Britain stop patrols over the "no-fly" zones of southern and northern Iraq while the spy planes are in the air.

This way, he said, Iraqi anti-aircraft batteries would not mistake the reconnaissance plane for American and British jets and fire on it.

Apparently the Iraqis can't tell the difference between a plane that flies at 80,000 feet versus one that flies at 30,000 feet. Not that it really matters, since (1) they aren't supposed to be shooting at them anyway, and (2) even if they did shoot against a U-2, they'd just prove that they aren't willing to have overflights anyway.

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