Bushites are good at deriding the opposition. Got them the white house as I recall...
On Wed, 28 May 2003 14:21:20 -0500, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 Host with the leader in ColdFusion hosting. Voted #1 ColdFusion host by CF Developers. Offering shared and dedicated hosting options. www.cfxhosting.com/default.cfm?redirect=10481 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
