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To: Ilaine who wrote (52712)	7/3/2004 9:17:15 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793586

Just to niggle, CB, for once I prefer Tom Friedman's cute phrase, "PMD = person of mass destruction". We know Saddam lied and hid his weapons, just as he hid his scientists, and btw his decision-making was just about inscrutable - who knew that he invaded Kuwait because he feared a coup and wanted to keep his officers busy? That doesn't add up to a comfortable, forseeable, or deterrable future. Not in my book, anyway.

To: Ilaine who wrote (52712)	7/4/2004 12:16:06 AM
From: unclewest	Respond to of 793586

If anybody wants to lecture me on how deteriorated Sarin is still nasty, and so is bug spray, I have no intention of responding, that dead horse has been beaten into horseburgers, ya'll can have the last word on that one. I have always been so impressed with lawyer's opinions about subjects they know nothing about that I'll let your's stand as the last word.

To: Ilaine who wrote (52712)	7/4/2004 1:46:48 PM
From: carranza2	Respond to of 793586

WMD in Iraq - I am loath to rehash this argument, but But obviously not too "loath." A truly nonsensical post. Yes, there were apparently worldwide intelligence failures with respect to WMD in Iraq. The Israelis got it wrong, the Germans got it wrong, the UN got it wrong, the French got it wrong, a lot of well-meaning people got it wrong. So? What's your point? That we were bamboozled, lied to, as you and others have said before? The evidence clearly suggests otherwise. But, hey, you are free to inhabit whatever fantasy world suits you. Are you saying that Saddam's ownership of WMD was the only justification for the war? If you think so, you were simply not paying attention. Which suggests to me that Republican politicians are not going to keep pointing to leftover deteriorated warheads from the first Gulf War as "evidence" that Saddam's WMD still posed any threat. Well, how about that? You got something right today. Congratulations.