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To: Bill who wrote (139347)7/8/2004 2:00:26 PM
From: carranza2  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
You are absolutely correct, Bill. However, it is the perceived folklore that matters, not the facts.



To: Bill who wrote (139347)7/8/2004 2:30:14 PM
From: Sun Tzu  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
So what? Come up with a clear answer to this question. Is it your position that the administration did not present Iraq as a grave and imminent threat that justifies preemptive strike?

If yes, then we are in agreement and you are just using word games to evade the issue.

If not, then preset your understanding of how the admin justified the attack.



To: Bill who wrote (139347)7/8/2004 2:39:07 PM
From: Lou Weed  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
"Those attempting to assert that the White House called Iraq an imminent threat are ignoring significant information to the contrary. Similarly, those who say the Bush administration never used the phrase or implied as much are ignoring important, though isolated, evidence."

"As we have pointed out before, many of the arguments for war made by the Bush administration were deceptive or false. However, critics who make it appear that the Bush administration's case relied primarily on claims of an imminent threat distort a more complex argument that painted Iraq as an intolerable, but not imminent, threat. Those unfair attacks do not make it legitimate for Bush supporters to jump on any critic who uses the phrase, however, or claim that nobody in the administration ever suggested Iraq could pose an "imminent threat." Complexity is not an excuse for cheap shots from either side."

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To: Bill who wrote (139347)7/8/2004 3:05:54 PM
From: KLP  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
You're correct, Bill. The Left and the Far Left and many in the media have tried to have us believe that Bush called Iraq an "imminent" threat .... There isn't a single quote available where Bush has said that. I've just posted upstream his Oct 7, 2002 speech where he outlines the concerns about Iraq....

You cannot produce a quote from this President in any speech or interview where he called Iraq an "imminent" threat.


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