On 8/21/07, Michael Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is Baer correct that the military suspects the IRGG or are a few high
> ranking officers just mouthing the old WMD trope?

my guess: both. They believe their own propaganda half the time. Or
the left hand tells lies (or half-truths or quarter-truths or...) to
the right hand, who believes them and then tells them back to the left
hand, who sees them as confirmation that they were right. Of course,
there's a soupcon or two of wishful thinking keeping the process
going.
--
Jim Devine / "Catch a man a fish, and you can sell it to him. Teach a
man to fish, and you ruin a wonderful business opportunity." --
Anonymous (allegedly, Karl Marx).

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