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To: Amy J who wrote (182573)11/9/2005 2:23:32 AM
From: Saturn V  Read Replies (3) of 186894
 
I heard Cheneys Iraq speech of September 2002, in which he made it very clear that USA was going to attack Iraq. I was livid because I knew that would be the best recruitment tool for AlQaeda. I presumed that Saddam still had the chemical weapons and I did not perceive that as a big deal. Chemical weapons can be made by practically anyone. AlQaeda has taught its operatives to make explosives and deadly bombs from commonly obtained chemicals.

It was clear to anyone in the fall of 2002 that USA was going to war. Al Gore questioned the Government mindset and pleaded for caution. Unfortunately the rest of the Democrats felt pressured by the upcoming mid term election, asked Gore to keep his mouth shut, and the Congress gave Bush the carte blanc to go to war.The Congress requested that Bush try to seek UN approval,and so Colin Powell presented the flimsy intelligence to the UN. The evidence for the AlQaeda connection, and nuclear weapons was flimsy and speculative. My reaction was that US was overreacting to the intelligence failure of 9/11. Prior to 9/11 the intelligence agencies were accused of blindness in not connecting the dots.However in spring 2002 USA was connecting imaginary dots.
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