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To: Bilow who wrote (100376)	6/5/2003 1:06:10 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 281500

So far, the "rose colored glasses" crowd has been closer to the facts as they unfolded than the "no more Vietnams" crowd. There is always inherent uncertainty, one judges by overall performance, for example, in the rapidity of the campaign; the fact that many people did, indeed, greet us as liberators; the fact that humanitarian aid was forthcoming within a relatively brief period; the fact that overall Iraqi opinion has become more favorable, not less, as things have settled........

To: Bilow who wrote (100376)	6/5/2003 1:21:04 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

By the way, I saw Harold Ford, a young Democratic Congressman from Tennessee, on Fox News this morning, and he pointed out that there was no disagreement among allied intelligence services that Saddam had WMDs, just on how dire the situation was. He also agreed that many assertions were based on what were reasonably taken as solid sources, like defectors with intimate knowledge of the programs, even if supporting documentation was thin. He said, quite reasonably, that it was too soon to make a lot out of our failure to find much, so far. In general, he did not think it should be exploited as an issue, and commended Bush on what was broadly, and obviously, a job well done. It was nice to see someone not take the low road........