Gel- Not sure if anyone is arguing this point. In fact, my biggest issue with Bush has his introduction of 2 other reasons later on (terrorist threat and treatment of people) which in my view made it sound as if he was just itching for a reason to invade(boy, is this through steak to the sharks on this list!). In retrospect, perhaps the introduction of these other reasons started when he become aware of the potential that WMD "intelligence" was not as solid as he initially thought.
Again, only time will tell. Andy -----Original Message----- From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 7:26 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Those pesky WMD. http://slate.msn.com/id/2083760/ "a powerful rejoinder comes from Tony Blair, the British prime minister. "I have absolutely no doubt at all about the existence of weapons of mass destruction," Blair told reporters on Thursday. Asked if it matters whether they exist, Blair replied, ***"It matters immensely because the basis on which the war was sold to the British House of Commons, to the British people, was that Saddam represented a serious threat."*** It was, of course, sold on that basis to the Congress and to the American people, too. --------- I could not have put why the existence of WMD matter, better than Tony Blair did in this speech. -Gel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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
