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Re: WMD: Yes or No?
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Tue, 6 May 2003 19:03:13 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti writes:
> "Nicholas Kristof: Why truth matters"
> http://cnn.usnews.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&expire=-1&urlID=6204917&fb=Y&partnerID=2004
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> When I raised the Mystery of the Missing W.M.D. recently, hawks fired
> barrages of reproachful e-mail at me. The gist was: "You ****! Who cares if
> we never find weapons of mass destruction, because we've liberated the Iraqi
> people from a murderous tyrant."
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> "US: 'Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction'"
> http://www.sundayherald.com/print33628
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> The Bush administration has admitted that Saddam Hussein probably had no
> weapons of mass destruction.
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> Senior officials in the Bush administration have admitted that they would be
> 'amazed' if weapons of mass destruction (WMD) were found in Iraq.
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> [snip]
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> This represents a clearly dramatic shift in the definition of the Bush
> doctrine's central tenet -- the pre-emptive strike. Previously, according to
> Washington, a pre-emptive war could be waged against a hostile country with
> WMDs in order to protect American security.
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> Now, however, according to the US official, pre-emptive action is justified
> against a nation which simply has the ability to develop unconventional weapons.
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> -- Hop-Frog
Nice.
X-Files has nothing on this--"The Truth is Out There"? Not if US
administration has anything to say about it.
Of all the...I'm at a loss for words as to just how ludicrous this whole war
really was.
And to top it off, the Iraqi people, after being 'liberated' by "the
coalition of the willing" seem to be swaying towards a more
"purist/fundamentalist" (a la "religion") form of gov't. Yep--this'll
produce less "jihad" terrorists.
Nicely done one and all.
Dave K
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