And here's another one from Time: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101030707-461781,00.html
----- Original Message ----- From: "Angel Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 10:02 PM Subject: Where did the WMD go? > Hee hee :) > Nice little ditty on SLATE: > > "In this past year's Achesonian campaign to make points "clearer than > truth"-the much-reported pressure on the CIA to stiffen its stance and > drop its caveats on the question of Iraqi WMD-there are similar > patterns. In the beginning, as Rumsfeld has correctly noted, there was > little disagreement within official circles over whether Saddam > possessed at least the ingredients for biological or chemical weapons > and had at least the desire to develop nuclear weapons. Paul Wolfowitz > said in an oft-quoted Vanity Fair interview that he saw many reasons for > going to war with Iraq, and that he settled on WMD for "bureaucratic" > reasons because it was the one rationale that everyone could agree on. > The point worth emphasizing here is that, at least for a while, everyone > (or nearly everyone) agreed on it. The debates mainly concerned the > degree to which Saddam had converted his wishes into real weapons-and, > to the extent he had, whether he could be deterred from using them or > whether he had to be overthrown. However, as doubts grew, both before > and especially after the war, Rumsfeld and his team felt compelled-as > the Air Force felt compelled when dealing with the CIA's slight dissent > during the 1958 National Intelligence Estimate, and as Acheson felt > compelled when dealing with anti-hawk sentiment in 1950-to turn up the > heat, to make their points "clearer than truth." Rumsfeld even set up > his own intelligence outfit, within the office of the secretary of > defense, to search for evidence-about WMD and about Saddam's alleged > links to al-Qaida-that he just knew existed. > > At his Cabinet Room meeting in December 1962, Kennedy said of the > officials who created the missile-gap myth, "There are still people of > that kind in the Pentagon. I wouldn't give them any foundation for > creating another myth." It is extremely doubtful that George W. Bush is > currently saying anything like this about his own Pentagon > officials-likewise "emotionally guided but nonetheless patriotic > individuals"-who, at the very least, exaggerated claims about Iraqi > chemical, biological, and nuclear programs. But Congress might consider > following Kennedy's example by doing its own study. Call it, "But Where > Did the WMD Go?" " > > Apparently...this sort of thing has been happening in the US since > waaaay back when. > Nothing new. > Only thing 'new' is the coverage in the Media today and how quickly the > public hears about things...and demand an answer. > > http://slate.msn.com/id/2084988/ > > -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
