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To: John Soileau who wrote (140942)	7/19/2004 10:25:48 PM
From: broadstbull	Respond to of 281500

Thank you

To: John Soileau who wrote (140942)	7/19/2004 11:16:36 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

I know where you got that from, although I am astonished that you're afraid to post the link. americanprogress.org Why be afraid to credit John Podesta, former Chief of Staff for Bill Clinton? And why was John Podesta afraid to post links? Afraid that we'd find out whether the stuff was taken completely out of context, as Michael Moore did to Condi Rice? Problem is, most of us were around on this thread during that time, so the argument about "imminent threat" was hashed out over and over for months. The people who said that there MUST be an imminent threat were against the war. The people in favor of the war said it did not need to be imminent. Been there, done that, have the T-shirt. Find links or sit down.

To: John Soileau who wrote (140942)	7/19/2004 11:19:36 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

You present these WMD statements as if they a) were false, b) were known to be false at the time, c) were not even plausible. We don't know that they were false, they were certainly thought to be true by every intelligence service in the world, and far from being implausible, it would have been criminal negligence for anybody to assume otherwise, considering Saddam's track record. All we know is that we did not find the stocks of WMd we expected, except for a few sarin shells. However, the programs did exist for a long time, and trucks of something were sent to Syria in 2003, and Syria ain't telling. You do recall that Saddam had both made and used WMD in the past, don't you? Next thing I know, you're going to be telling me that the Iranians and the Kurds only imagined being gassed.