February 23, 2003, is the submittal date of the report of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification, and Inspection Commission, (UNMOVIC), report. A full text copy is shown in the link herein posted.
http://www.c-span.org/resources/pdf/unmovic03-232.pdf
Under, "Inspections and Inspection Capabilities in Iraq," anyone can read at 12. "Since the arrival of the first inspectors in Iraq on 27 November 20002, UNMOVIC has conducted more than 550 inspections covering 350 sites. . . .All inspections were performed without notice, and access was in virtually all cases provided promptly. In no case have the inspectors seen convincing evidence that the Iraqi side knew in advance of the impending arrival."
The report documents the increased abilities of the inspectors, over prior inspections: And the increase of cooperation of Iraq with the United Nations.
Anyone spots that Saddam's Iraq was being apologetic for any previous mistakes.
History notes that shortly after Saddam Hussein took over in Baghdad, that he commenced an eight-year war with Iran, invading Iran in 1980.
Unlike Moslem terrorist supporters, Cheney-Rove-Bush, Saddam Hussein was not an Islamic Fundamentalist supporter, and was in fact in opposition to his neighbor to the north. In the opposite direction, Kuwait he even invaded.
Notice that Karl Rove yelled at the book inspection demonstrators: To actually buzz off! In comparison, the UN inspectors in Iraq were able to go in unannounced, and to their internationally supported, mission of inspection and verification!
Cheney-Rove-Bush would denounce the cooperation of the beset, Baathist regime--a socialist regime. Cheney-Rove-Bush would fail completely to even try to find Osama bin laden, much less do the capture and Moslem trial which the Taliban had promised.
It is generally suggested that policy ought to be framed in a context wherein any negotiation with terrorists, like Cheney-Rove-Bush, be kept to a minimum. They made the United States a Rogue Regime. They don't apologize for it.
Sarah Palin even celebrates the Rogue Regime concept, in her own "analysis" of things. Looking Forward(?), "Sarah's not retreating, she's reloading." No one even can try to negotiate with that level mentality, Called The GOP! Anyone recalls that Patty Hearst, even: Had an excuse!
No one should place the Cheney-Rove-Bush regime in anything other than the War Crimes context. Their policy suggesting that the International Community itself should buzz off, just like Rove thought of the Book Inspection Protesters--failing to respect the accuracy of the UNMOVIC findings--Is an easily dated February 23, 2003. The Basis-Free, Criminal War would follow after thatl
"Crow, James Crow: Shaken, Not Stirred!"
(Many nations negotiated with rogue regime, in the past. Treaties happened. History knows that!)