I guess you mean the statement about skewed intelligence? Because I didnt see the other one. I did see that the Tribune is also reporting the Vanity Fair interview, so I guess that is confirmation of that. I am thinking this whole WMD scenario has hurt US credibility way more than can be justified by strategic interests. I mean, we are getting out of Saudia Arabia because al Qaeda wants us to? Erm... I don't think they had an invasion of Iraq in mind. And we have alienated all the Iraqis who knew someone who was killed. It just seems such a step backwards I can't see even Bush being stupid enough, unless there is some sort of hidden agenda... Haliburton for example. But hmm as you say, I guess we will see.
Dana On Sat, 31 May 2003 14:58:24 -0500, Andy Ousterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > An article the statement was in the Chicago Tribune today and was not as > strongly worded. Just like Bush started throwing in everything as the > dialog continued, it looks like the press is doing like-wise. We would > not > invade to find another base in the Middle East. It was just a good > side-effect. > > Andy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 11:44 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Those pesky WMD. > > > I just came across this, which seems to apply. > > http://news.independent.co.uk/low_res/story.jsp?story=410730&host=3&dir=75 > > The publication seems reputable but maybe someone from Britain will let > us > know about that -- I am just going by the other stories on the web site. > If > true, well, it would not be the first time that an administration lied. > The > question is, does it make a difference when you go to war over the lie... > > And perhaps someone can explain the link to me between defeating Saddam > and > removing troops from Saudi Arabia. I am not sure I see how the former > makes > the latter possible. > > Thanks > Dana > > On Sat, 31 May 2003 08:26:16 -0400, Angel Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> 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
