Yes, but WMD did not mean Weapons of Mass Destruction. What the administration really meant was "We Mean Democracy"
On 3/16/06, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just a reminder the people on the ground, the UN inspectors who were > in Iraq, and the IAEA always said that there were no WMD's. > > On 3/16/06, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When you have your own guys, plus other countries all agreeing that they > > have them, then the risk factor seems within the bounds. > > > > If you try it and you turn out wrong, then people second guess, which is > > good if it makes us better, but when the point is just to belittle then > > it doesn't help anybody. > > > > Were mistakes made? Clearly. However I don't think they could have done > > this any other way. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 7:13 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: Saddam Pretended to have Weapons to prevent Attack > > > > > > > Dino wrote: > > > > Israel only attacked Iraq when they were building a nuclear reactor > > for > > > the > > > > express purpose of gaining nukes to attack Israel. > > > > > > Combine that with what gMoney said and you have: > > > > > > 1.) If we thought there was a threat, why didn't we just bomb the shit > > > out of it w/o having to go in? Lame Answer: mobile labs. Apparently > > > REALLY mobile. So mobile they don't exist. Which brings us to ... > > > > > > 2.) Why don't we know how reliable our intelligence is? From the > > > beginning the whole everybody-thought-blah-blah-blah strikes me as > > > absolutely moronic. It's called risk management - I know they offer > > > classes at HBS on the topic. Bush must've skipped them. Whenever you > > > have intelligence you have a reliability factor on it. Either ours > > > was low and we went in anyway or we haven't learned shit about > > > intelligence in the last 50 years. > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:200361 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
