actually, I agree. And while I am in here, I've taken a look at Kevin's article, and found it troubling but unsurprising. I do have an issue with the bald unattributed assertion that al-Qaeda is actually a CIA "asset." While I can conceive of this, it is beyond the scope of even my cynicism and at a minimum requires some sort of reference or attribution. The nature of the assertion might require an unnamed source, but here it is just mentioned, as though it were common knowledge.
Dana On Sat, 31 May 2003 09:47:17 -0500, Andy Ousterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
