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To: Neocon who wrote (104700)	7/11/2003 11:10:06 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Then we will have to differ- the Ba'athists seem far from "unique", and oddly enough, that wasn't really posited as the excuse for the invasion. Iraq didn't become imminently Ba' athist, now did they? Intent to attack the US? Hard to find that in your post- the "possibility" and "capability" existed (as they exist almost everywhere)- but nothing like "plentiful proof" of the reality it. Yes there is that, so far, non-existent Al Qaida link. I'll grant you that there are many disputed and insubstantial "links" to many things. I hesitate to call them links, when they are as insubstantial as they are. You infer intent from capability, and then declare you have both, Naughty naughty. I would say good try if I could, but I can't.

To: Neocon who wrote (104700)	7/11/2003 11:11:30 AM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 281500

Where did you come up with that particular pompous pack of . . . um , I must refrain from another p word there. Historically, Iraq was never much known as a terrorist sponsor. And in the last 10 years it showed all appearances of being fairly isolated within the Arab world, and fairly weak militarily. I'm sure there's many places in the PNAC literature where you could have cribbed crap like "The Ba'athist regime, however, is different, in that it has a quasi- fascist ideology committed to the hegemony of Iraq over the Arab world, and the ascension of the Arab world to world- wide hegemony . . . ", but the evidence supporting such babblage as indicative of any real threat to Iraq's neighbors, much less the US, is somewhat weaker than the WMD "evidence". Which would make it, by all indications, very weak indeed.