From the Washington Post: Iraq May Allow Inspectors In:
“I feel the Iraqis want to give peace a chance, and I’m convinced the majority of Americans want the same,” Rahall said.
“But when Bush talks of regime change, they [the Iraqis] don’t want to hear my message,” Rahall said. “They say, ‘What’s the point of letting the inspectors in?’ They feel that whatever they do, they’re going to get hit.”
Rahall, who voted for a resolution in support of the 1991 war against Iraq, said he does not agree with the administration’s arguments this time around. “It’s a continuation of a vendetta of 12 years ago,” he said. “It appears strange to me that a year ago this was not an imminent threat to the United States, but now, six weeks before an election, it is.”
Of course, the Bush administration has no intention of doing what’s right or what’s in everyone’s best interest.