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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: tejek who wrote (170320)6/2/2003 3:29:02 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 1582735
 
Authenticity is determined only in part by the person making the claim.

The person making the claim may be lying, so you can't just take their word for it, but either the statement is authentic or it is now. Other people's opinions don't change the truth or honesty of the original statement.

And before they pushed the WMD issue, less than 50% were willing to go to war without the backing of the UN. This war was not popular with the people........war never is

The WMD was not something just made up last minute by the administration. It was an issue since the last war. The Clinton administration signed off on the idea of regime change (even if they didn't do anything to cause it to happen) largely based on the WMD issue.

The war was popular. Any poll that didn't mention the UN showed majority support for the war. The polls that asked "if the UN doesn't support it" sometimes showed a majority early on, and then after it became clear that the UN wasn't going to improve they consistently showed majority support (and other polls showed increasing frustration and dislike for France and to a lesser extent other countries that where blocking the issue in the UN).

And selling a concept is not the way a democracy is supposed to work........not a good one in any case.

I disagree. In an authoritarian system you might not have to sell people on an idea, but in a democracy different ideas and plans compete for votes and support.

Tim
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