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01-26-2003, 11:59 PM
Powell: U.S. Ready to Go It Alone
By Paul Walfield
GOPUSA News
January 27, 2003
DAVOS, Switzerland (GOPUSA News) -- Secretary of State Colin Powell, in a speech Sunday, put the world on notice that the United States will disarm Iraq regardless of the reluctance of U.S. allies to join in.
In referring to America's goal to make the world safe for all, Secretary Powell said, "Multilateralism cannot become an excuse for inaction."
"We will not shrink from war if that is the only way to rid Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction. We continue to reserve our sovereign right to take military action against Iraq alone or in a coalition of the willing," Powell said.
According to Powell, U.N. weapons inspectors who left Iraq in 1998, "made it absolutely clear that there were weapons of mass destruction, that there were programs to develop more weapons of mass destruction. That is not speculation, it is fact."
Referring to others who have shown reluctance to accept the fact that the burden is on Iraq to disarm, and not the United States or the U.N. weapons inspectors to find Iraq's weapons Powell said, "Without Iraq's full and active cooperation, the 100 or so inspectors would have to look under every roof and search the back of every truck in a country the size of California to find the munitions and programs for which Iraq has failed to account."
Full Story (http://gopusa.com/news/2003/january/0127_powell.shtml)
By Paul Walfield
GOPUSA News
January 27, 2003
DAVOS, Switzerland (GOPUSA News) -- Secretary of State Colin Powell, in a speech Sunday, put the world on notice that the United States will disarm Iraq regardless of the reluctance of U.S. allies to join in.
In referring to America's goal to make the world safe for all, Secretary Powell said, "Multilateralism cannot become an excuse for inaction."
"We will not shrink from war if that is the only way to rid Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction. We continue to reserve our sovereign right to take military action against Iraq alone or in a coalition of the willing," Powell said.
According to Powell, U.N. weapons inspectors who left Iraq in 1998, "made it absolutely clear that there were weapons of mass destruction, that there were programs to develop more weapons of mass destruction. That is not speculation, it is fact."
Referring to others who have shown reluctance to accept the fact that the burden is on Iraq to disarm, and not the United States or the U.N. weapons inspectors to find Iraq's weapons Powell said, "Without Iraq's full and active cooperation, the 100 or so inspectors would have to look under every roof and search the back of every truck in a country the size of California to find the munitions and programs for which Iraq has failed to account."
Full Story (http://gopusa.com/news/2003/january/0127_powell.shtml)