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To: cirrus who wrote (19294)	10/22/2004 11:25:03 PM
From: Selectric II	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

You're comparing apples and oranges to carrots... and putting them in a time warp of a decade, to boot. Please reorganize and present your argument in a cogent manner so as to permit a response.

To: cirrus who wrote (19294)	10/23/2004 1:18:11 AM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

"The problem with Duelfer's assumptions is that they fail to separate Saddam's objectives from Saddam's realities" One serious problem with that line of thinking. The ISG was not asked to perform that task. The task they were asked to perform seems to have adequately been answered. Saddam was a genuine threat. He did fail to comply with UN sanctions, with massive egregious violations of the Gulf War Cease Fire Agreement (UN Res 687). He did keep the means, mode & methodology to immediately ramp up WMD capabilities when sanctions were lifted. Saddam did support, harbor, train & finance terrorism, including links with Al Qaeda. Saddam continued with his horrific crimes against humanity right up until the day he was removed from power.