On Jul 12, 2007, at 5:06 PM, shempmcgurk wrote:
--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jul 12, 2007, at 2:45 PM, John wrote: > > > You forgot that the current war in Iraq was unjustifiably started. > > It was to be a pre-emptive strike on the the WMD capability based on > > information from the CIA. It turned out that the information was > > seriously flawed, either through CIA's fault or throught the White > > House's manipulation. > > > And of course this is the key point, many went along because they > believed and trusted the false information used to start it. > > Nonetheless I continue to be puzzled by the otherwise intelligent > people I know who are convinced there were WMD's, 1) Like Bill Clinton who, when he was in the White House, took virtually the same position as Bush. 2) all of the WMD's that Iraq had that could have done the type of damage we were afraid of could have fit into a room the size of your typical American garage. WMD's don't take up that much room. Do you think it's possible they were moved to say...Syria?
Of course. And Iraq's got a LOT of desert...
