--- "Miller, Jeffrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Jan Coffey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- "Miller, Jeffrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >'We are being very careful now not to jump to any > conclusions about these vehicles'< > > > > why can't we just take them at their word. They > keep saying, > > we don't yet know. Well, let's stop the flaming > until they do > > know. No-one ever said that we would end the war, > go in, find anthrax stockpiled. > > Actually, people did. > > > In fact it was said all along that WMD's were the > most extreme reason, not the only reason. > > That's what people are saying /now/ ..and WMD were > what was used as the reason to short-circuit the UN > inspectors, NOT the horridness of Saddam's regime <snip> The attempt to backpedal from WMD-as-the-reason-for-war is perplexing, as certainly *I* understood that to be the primary stated reason for going to war; in fact it was strongly implied that the US was *under direct threat* from Saddam's Iraq (see quote ^^'d below). Not that direct evidence was given, which IIRC was my major complaint about this action (I'm still reserving public comment on the setting-up of post-war Iraq, although so far it has not been a blue-ribbon performance -- they could yet pull ahead in the backstretch, if I may mix my metaphors). http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/06/06/findlaw.analysis.dean.wmd/#dean >From President Bush's radio address, October 5, 2002: "The Iraqi regime . . . possesses and produces chemical and biological weapons. It is seeking nuclear weapons." "We know that the regime has produced thousands of tons of chemical agents, including mustard gas, sarin nerve gas, VX nerve gas." "We've also discovered through intelligence that Iraq has a growing fleet of manned and unmanned aerial vehicles that could be used to disperse chemical or biological weapons across broad areas. We're concerned that Iraq is exploring ways of using these UAVS for missions targeting the United States." ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The article is certainly slanted against the Admin's position, but many of the points/questions are valid. Debbi __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
