and not the WMDs for which this country went to war I think that official will regret that specific choice of wording, since it implies no other reason for going to war. I’m sure we’ll be seeing a lot more of that quote in the future. |
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I agree with his point, however. |
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Lies...Fabrications...Politically Timed Release...Distract Us From Rove’s Indictment/Testimony Against Cheney...Quagmire...Redeploy.
HAH, beat you Capt. Joe. |
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I agree with his point, however. I don’t. The WMDs that Iraq had in 1991 were supposed to be destroyed for Saddam to be compliant with the cease-fire agreement. 500 artillery shells are a lot of munitions to forget about especially when Saddam was claiming full compliance up to the start of the war.
That official’s first two points were accurate. He should have not said the portion that quoted earlier in the thread, IMO. YMMV and probably does. |
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B) WMDs did exist in Iraq when the invasion took place.
So to all the WMD deniers, that meme is dead. I don’t think the "WMD deniers" ever denied the possibility that some old defunct shells may be discovered. It’s nice spin, but it entirely misses the point. |
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Curse you joe!!!!
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Actually, I don’t find the "revelation" nearly as interesting as the media’s near silence on the subject.
Even a "discredited" find of WMDs ought to be worth a mention, doncha think?
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Actually, I don’t find the "revelation" nearly as interesting as the media’s near silence on the subject.
Even a "discredited" find of WMDs ought to be worth a mention, doncha think? Not really. This isn’t the first time that minor findings to this extent have been revealed to the public. I seem to recall several, off the top of my head. Everytime this happens certain groups on the internet claim it as vindication, meanwhile their counterparts in the mainstream (including the administration itself) brush off some findings because they realize how petty and inconsequential they are.
Why is the media’s silence on the subject telling, but the administrations silence on the subject not? |
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Even a "discredited" find of WMDs ought to be worth a mention, doncha think? To a point, however, we’ve done this before when a few arty rounds were previously found. And Fox and WaPo did mention it. But in all seriousness, it doesn’t really merit that much coverage.
When I first heard it I assumed it was a recent find and that it was some proof that there had been production post 1991. Or should I say when I heard all the hoopla about it I made those assumptions.
But it was 2003 stuff and pre-’91 to boot. Not worth the hoopla.
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500 artillery shells are a lot of munitions to forget about especially when Saddam was claiming full compliance up to the start of the war.
Not that much when chemical weapons were used so liberally during the Iran-Iraq war. From UNMOVIC, at least 200K such shells and warheads were made by Iraq. Such shells and rockets were found by UNMOVIC at different times — they found 16.
Now, if there were some strong indication of an ongoing program or even of some strong proof of intent to reuse these, it would be very interesting, but as is, no.
Remember that we have all but one of Saddam’s top officials (excluding his dead sons). We also have the vast documents of the bureaucracy. We have top scientists. If there were proof of an ongoing program, why did the ISG not find it ? [ Spare me conspiracy theories about the ISG being filled with Clinton moles]
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The NYT and the Wash post have more detailed articles on this today. The NYT also has a profile of a WMD hunter. Its quite respectful of him, and doesn’t portray him as a kook.
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Ice cubes are not icebergs.
Santorum’s foofaraw, no more, no less. |
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