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To: Rascal who wrote (123605)	1/23/2004 11:49:28 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 281500

<<...But within the Bush White House lies an ugly beast that never gets acknowledged: The administration misled the American people, either purposely or out of incompetence. This is not a minor matter, because war, with all its unforeseen consequences, is not itself a minor matter -- nor is the loss of some 500 American lives. Hussein is gone, and that is all well and good, but gone too is the confidence of the American people that this administration levels with them. Bush certainly did not do that Tuesday night...>> washingtonpost.com

To: Rascal who wrote (123605)	1/26/2004 12:02:07 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 281500

I respect his opinion on the matter. I also think that we had ample reason to topple the regime, and I do not think he disagrees on that. As for intelligence estimates, every NATO intelligence service thought Saddam had stockpiles, the only question was the level of threat. There are various speculations as to how we got here, that is, to the discrepancy, but there is no evidence of wholesale deception or incompetence to lay at the feet of Bush. Even the Clinton's have said that as far as they were told, the stockpiles were there........