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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: jlallen who wrote (442423)8/13/2003 3:44:46 PM
From: cnyndwllr  Read Replies (2) of 769670
 
Jlallen, I was wrong and I admit it. You responded with an articulate, thoughtful post and you raised several points that are worthy of further discussion.

>>"Bush administraiton officials were clear that there was some evidence of ties between Al Quaeda and Iraq but nothing definitive. Moreover, the larger concern over Iraq was terrorism as a whole not just Al Quaeda. Statements that Iraq trained and supported terrorists are facts."<<

Technically you are partially correct. The misleading nature of the statements is found in the shrillness, the sense of threat and the scope of the threat which they intentionally exaggerated in order to assure that they would have enough support for a war.

Remember that EVERY country has ties to Al Queda, including America, Britain, Saudi Arabia and on and on. There are agents in those countries, there are nationals of those countries that are Al Queda and there are funds channeled into Al Queda pockets from those countries. It's also true that there was a terrorist training camp in Iraq, BUT IT WAS IN THE TURKISH, IRANIAN BORDER to the north where Saddam was NOT in control. There has been NO evidence that the Saddam Iraqi government trained and supported terrorists any more than there is that the U.S. trained and supported terrorists. This is true even though the hijackers were trained to "fly" airliners in the U.S.

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