It is like...I'm not sure what it is like, my mind keeps trying to create a metaphor using an adult and a child. It's like saying a child can't have sweets, and then eating a candy bar right in front of their face.
a more accurate simile for iraq having these weapons would be to compare it to giving a bank-robber a gun and the keys to the bank, then asking that he not rob the place.
PREUSSEN LEBT NOCH!
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