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To: Alighieri who wrote (180972)1/19/2004 2:29:03 PM
From: Road Walker  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1574267
 
I wonder what lies he will tell tomorrow nite?

Arms Issue Seen as Hurting U.S. Credibility Abroad
- washingtonpost.com

By Glenn Kessler, Washington Post Staff Writer

The Bush administration's inability to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq (news - web sites) -- after public statements declaring an imminent threat posed by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) -- has begun to harm the credibility abroad of the United States and of American intelligence, according to foreign policy experts in both parties.

In last year's State of the Union address, President Bush (news - web sites) used stark imagery to make the case that military action was necessary. Among other claims, Bush said that Hussein had enough anthrax to "kill several million people," enough botulinum toxin to "subject millions of people to death by respiratory failure" and enough chemical agents to "kill untold thousands."

Now, as the president prepares for this State of the Union address Tuesday, those frightening images of death and destruction have been replaced by a different reality: Few of the many claims made by the administration have been confirmed after months of searching by weapons inspectors.

more: story.news.yahoo.com