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To: Lane3 who wrote (85062)	9/17/2008 7:40:11 AM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (1) of 541612

With all the crap floated before the war, I guess it's possible that somewhere in there they made that claim. No way was listed as a major reason, though. On a vaguely related prewar propaganda front, there's this bit of news leaking out: President Dick Cheney gave former House Majority Leader Dick Armey misleading information to win his support for the U.S. invasion of Iraq, a book says. . . . Armey, R-Texas, told Gellman Cheney claimed Saddam Hussein had direct ties to al-Qaida and his engineers were close to creating a nuclear weapon that could be carried in a suitcase, the Post reports. At the time, Armey was considering voting against the resolution authorizing the invasion. "Did Dick Cheney ... purposely tell me things he knew to be untrue? I seriously feel that may be the case," Armey said. "Had I known or believed then what I believe now, I would have publicly opposed the resolution right to the bitter end, and I believe I might have stopped it from happening." upi.com The first casualty bit the dust long before the first bombs dropped in Iraq.

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