Sorry if that response of mine seemed a bit harsh. I just recall strongly arguing about the red-herring argument about the WMD well before the war started, but I was repeatedly derided and given the brush-off. Now, I'm just generally sitting back and eating my popcorn with a bit of wistful sadness for the gullibility of the US people.
Bottom line: GWB makes Nixon look honest. -Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Ousterhout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 1:33 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Operation Iraqi Eradication > > > Perhaps. Having a selective memory if part of being human. And the one > thing we all should admit is that we were and continue to be all poorly > informed. We will probably not know what really happened and was > known for > some time. > > Peace. > Andy > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 1:23 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Operation Iraqi Eradication > > > > Also, I don't remember any of the other countries challenging > > that Iraq had > > Wad's. I just remember them asking for more time to negotiate them away > > from Sadaam. > > Then you're either choosing to not remember, or you were sorely uninformed > about the debates leading up to the war. I recall several cases where > countries early on tried to challenge the existence of WMD. I'm > pretty sure > I even gave links here before the war started. > > What happened though is that the Bush administration controlled the entire > playing field. Just like when Kevin Schmidt here stated that > anyone who said > it was about oil had no credibility, Bush controlled the > situation such that > any country that tried to say it wasn't about the WMD had no > credibility. So > in order for _any_ discussion to take place, the countries had to pretend > that they agreed that there were WMD. Heck, even Powell early on was > publicly unsure of their existence and didn't even support going to war > because he was concerned it would destabilize the region. Hm... > > -Kevin > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
