To: Mao II who wrote (51296 ) 7/19/2004 1:02:06 PM From: Sully- Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 89467 Unless you are willing to spin, distort, deceive or outright lie, the facts simply are not on your side..... President Delivers "State of the Union"January 28, 2003 <font color=blue><font size=4> ...."Some have said we must not act until the threat is imminent. Since when have terrorists and tyrants announced their intentions, politely putting us on notice before they strike? If this threat is permitted to fully and suddenly emerge, all actions, all words, and all recriminations would come too late. Trusting in the sanity and restraint of Saddam Hussein is not a strategy, and it is not an option.".....<font color=black><font size=3>whitehouse.gov <font size=4> President Bush said....<font color=blue>"there is no such thing necessarily in a dictatorial regime of ironclad absolutely solid evidence." Even absent such certainty, he said, the stakes were so high that "it is essential that when we see a threat, we deal with those threats before they become imminent. "It's too late if they become imminent."....... <font size=3><font color=black>Message 19784292 The 'imminence' spinMessage 19469570 A Brief History of The Imminent Threat Canard Message 19469610 Sorting out the "imminent threat" debateMessage 19508187 The Times Misfires (Again) on Bush's "Imminent Threat"Message 19612762 <font size=4> EDWARDS LIED!!!! "I think Iraq is the most serious and imminent threat to our country."--John Edwards, "CNN Late Edition," Feb. 24, 2002 <font size=3>Message 20296277 The media joins the Big Lie gameMessage 20276150 An imminent threat - to his own credibility <font size=4> "I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security" - John F. Kerry explaining why he was going to vote for the congressional resolution authorizing the use of force against Saddam's regime in Iraq.<font size=3>Message 19814691 Lies About the President's Policy in Iraq Message 19692973 Message 19689336