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To: Sully- who wrote (109245)	8/2/2003 12:51:12 PM
From: Graystone	Respond to of 281500

WMD's or Hi Ho Hi Ho, off to war we go The international community had no reason to suspect that the US/UK intelligence on Iraq was severely flawed. Even prior to that revelation, many countries decided to forego the conflict in Iraq. Justifying statements made to the world at large and more specifically to the people of the United States is important for the current administration, but it will not garner any assistance in Iraq from countries that said no the first time. Mr. Bush got approval from the American people to go to war based upon a clear and compelling set of facts, those facts are no longer clear or compelling. Some Americans might have been willing to lay down their lives and the lives of their sons and daughters for less clear, less compelling reasons but Mr. Bush did not try to make the case that the United States needed to go and occupy Iraq for reasons of self interest. The Congressional 9/11 inquiry indicates that there were no ties between Iraq and Al Qaeda, do you believe the report is wrong ? Do you accept that Iraq had no ties to Al Qaeda or are you going to dismiss intelligence.