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To: Neocon who wrote (127049)	3/23/2004 12:28:14 PM
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She also said that some were justifying the war on the basis of the mass graves, implying "alone", Implying "alone"? Don't be ridiculous. I didn't say it or "imply" it. Those embarrassed by the absence of either the WMD or evidence tying Saddam to 9/11 or al-Q (though now, after the war, it seems Iraq has become a veritable al-Q hotbed, thankyouverymuch), repeatedly make reference to the mass graves and other horrors perpetrated by Saddam's regime. They say, "It was the right thing," pretending that human rights concerns were a significant consideration, and thus ex post facto justification. Well, citing the mass graves represents a self-serving change of subject. Ignoratio elenchi: The logical fallacy of obscuring the point by interjecting, usually through emotional appeal, a proposition other than the one at issue. I'm pointing out that the citation of the mass graves is an intentional obscuring of the point that the actual reasons the President gave for the war's being justified and in our national interest turned out to be unfounded.

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