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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: stockman_scott who wrote (7564)	2/12/2003 2:27:13 PM
From: PartyTime	Respond to of 25898

I've not been happy at all with Democratic leaders in Washington relative to their willingness to set back and let all sorts of lies, distortions and loose-knitted spindung fly from the mouths of several fundamentalist White House spokespeople, including the president himself. It's my simple view that the Democratic leadership should be and could be more demanding, less accepting and certainly more forceful in the matter of Iraq. But I'm at least a bit comforted over the fact that had the Republicans controlled the Senate Intelligence Committee last July, the below truth would not have become known: >>>How selectively the work of the intelligence agencies is being used on both sides of the Atlantic is shown by a revealing clash between Senator Bob Graham and the Bush administration?s top intelligence advisers. Mr Graham, a Democrat, is chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Last July, baffled by the apparently contradictory assessments on Iraq by America?s 13 different intelligence agencies, he asked for a report to be drawn up by the CIA that estimated the likelihood of Saddam Hussein using weapons of mass destruction. The CIA procrastinated, but finally produced a report after Senator Graham threatened to accuse them of obstruction. The conclusions were so significant that he immediately asked for it to be declassified. The CIA concluded that the likelihood of Saddam Hussein using such weapons was ?very low? for the ?foreseeable future?. The only circumstances in which Iraq would be more likely to use chemical weapons or encourage terrorist attacks would be if it was attacked. After more arguments the CIA partly declassified the report. Senator Graham noted that the parts released were those that made the case for war with Iraq. Those that did not were withheld. He appealed, and the extra material was eventually released. Yet the report has largely been ignored by the US media. dailytimes.com.pk

To: stockman_scott who wrote (7564)	2/12/2003 10:11:25 PM
From: Patricia Trinchero	Respond to of 25898

Perhaps Hoffman is no expert but he is an American citizen who has the right to free speech so he's entitled to give his opinion. There are many other American citizens who agree with Hoffman but won't get their views published due to lack of fame. I say , "Good for you Dustin for weighing in and performing your constitutional duty which is to voice loud your concern when you believe that the U.S. gov't has exceeded it's authority and is operating outside it's Constitutional parameters." I agree with Hoffman, even tho I am also no expert; and I won't hesitate to voice my opinion which is against this invasion of Iraq. It's my Constitutional duty. Why should the son or daughter, father or mother, sister or brother of Americans lose one life to invade a country whose dictator is contained within his borders and surveyed with vigor.