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To: Noel de Leon who wrote (119843)	11/17/2003 8:16:21 PM
From: skinowski	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

"Oh, we went to war by mistake." or "Oh, we went to war because we were lied to." ...or, perhaps, because our national interest was at stake... -g. Just one example: Message 19506923

To: Noel de Leon who wrote (119843)	11/18/2003 11:22:45 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I am sorry, that is irrelevant to the discussion. You were ratifying the idea that the neocons fabricated the reports of there being WMDs, against Nadine's observation that no major player, including the intelligence services of France and Germany, doubted the existence of the WMDs, merely the degree of threat and best response. I pointed out that even if the absence of WMDs currently meant something, it need not imply fabrication, which, in any case, was wildly implausible if charged against the neocons. If anyone fabricated the impression that there were WMDs, it was Saddam and/or his minions........