On 8/3/06, Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I quoted from the National Intelligence Estimate of October 2002, which > is available in many places on the net I wasn't sure if you obtained your quoted directly. A quick read of that estimate shows numerous claims that Hussein had significant WMDs in his possession.
Try again. It says no such thing. Having stockpiles of chemical and biological agents is not the same as having biological and chemical weapons of mass destruction. It's like having bullets, but no guns for them.
"They never said there was an 'imminent' threat. Rather, they painted an objective assessment for our policymakers of a brutal dictator who was continuing his efforts to deceive and build programs that might constantly surprise us and threaten our interests." is consistent with the released version of the report.
Yes, and it rather unambiguously implies that they did not see evidence of WMDs, since Tenet surely would have considered them an imminent threat.
I think the danger right now is that without effective inspections, without effective monitoring, Iraq can in a very short period of time measured in months, reconstitute chemical and biological weapons, long-range ballistic missiles to deliver these weapons, and even certain aspects of their nuclear weaponization program
I'm not arguing that that isn't true. The ability to get a program going again is not the same as having WMDs that constitute an immediate, imminent -- pick your word from all the words the adminstration used -- threat. Nick -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages: 408-904-7198 _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
