I would add that the intelligence provided by the administration to our political leaders, as justification for going to war was suspect at best.
I believe that there are many political leaders who voted YES based on what they now regard as biased intelligence produced for and by this administration, rather than the actual facts. -----Original Message----- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 9:29 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: [politics] just look at the headlines > Sam wrote: > Dude do you just delete stuff that proves you wrong and pretend it > never happened? > I'm not sure what you think I'm saying so I'll to be very precise: Where I agree with the Administration ---------------------------------------------------- 1.) A stable democratic Middle East was, is, and will be in the strategic interest of the US. 2.) Hussein was a horrible dictator that ethically needed to go. However, I'm not agreeing that 's the US's responsibility. 3.) Pressuring Hussein on WMD seems appropriate given the intelligence that seems to have been available at the time. As I don't have a security clearance I can only speculate. In short, Hussein needed to go, and it's a good thing he's gone. Where I disagree with the Administration ------------------------------------------------------- 1.) Pre-emption. The President should've allowed the UN to finish it's inspection job. That's clear from the lack WMD and the pre-invasion intelligence I've seen including the link you've provided. 2.) Winning the peace. The President and his staff have been wrong at almost every turn in post-war Iraq and they continue to make the same mistakes over and over. Further they lie to the US claiming "mission accomplished" or that we're "turning the corner" when we're clearly not. 3.) It is my belief, and the opinion of the few Senators I trust on both sides, that their "yes" vote on Iraq was not meant to say, "invade today", but meant to give the President the negotiating leverage necessary to get the desired result: complete inspection. The yes vote was the equivalent of Andy telling Barney to load up his bullet. It was meant to be used as a last resort only. I don't think we were at the point. Confidentiality Notice: This message including any attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete any copies of this message. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:183026 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
