“Surrender all of your saltine crackers.”
“My what?”
“Your saltine crackers. Surrender all of your saltine crackers.”
“I don’t have any saltine crackers.”
“We know you have saltine crackers. Surrender all of your saltine crackers, or else.”
“Seriously, I don’t have any saltine crackers.”
“Surrender all of your saltine crackers, or else.”
“Look, I don’t have any saltine crackers.”
“Because you won’t surrender all of your saltine crackers, your only choice is to leave your house within 48 hours.”
“Excuse me?”
“We’re giving you 48 hours to leave your house, since you won’t surrender all of your saltine crackers.”
“I don’t have any saltine crackers. You’re crazy if you think I’m leaving my house because I won’t surrender all of my saltine crackers, when I don’t have any saltine crackers.”
“You have 24 hours to leave your house, since you won’t surrender all of your saltine crackers.”
“What the Hell?”
“Your 48 hours are up. Since you didn’t surrender your saltine crackers, and you didn’t leave your house, we’re coming in.”
Later…
“I guess he didn’t have any saltine crackers after all. But it was his choice for us to storm into his house, because he didn’t surrender all of his saltine crackers.”
Hey, I’m not saying its logical, just that the ultimatum wasn’t for him to give up his weapons, it was for him to leave the country. If you read the speech, you’ll see the section with the ultimatum doesn’t even mention WMD.
Yes. But the “get out” ultimatum was a result of Saddam not surrendering his WMD. They are inextricably linked to the point of for all intents and purposes being the same thing.