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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (148879)	10/24/2004 5:39:00 PM
From: Michael Watkins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Had we not invaded, sanctions would have been lifted within a year or two. Can you deny it? Yes, absolutely I can. 1. Because no President of the United States would EVER allow Saddam to be untethered in a post 9/11 world. Anyone who believes otherwise is seriously deluded. 2. Demetrius Perricos, chief UN weapons inspector, says so too. Message 20681076

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (148879)	10/24/2004 5:45:49 PM
From: Michael Watkins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The administration never claimed Saddam had nuclear weapons in 2002 The administration claimed that Iraq had already reconstituted his nuclear weapons program based on refuted evidence regarding high-specification 81mm anodized tubes which were intercepted in the summer of 2001 by the US's own top nuclear weapons experts. Even though the administration was told that these tubes were not suitable for use in uranium enrichment, these tubes became the central argument in the nuclear case for war against Iraq. Rice said in 2002 that the tubes "could only really be used for nuclear weapons production". Cheney started repeating the same thing over and over and Bush fired off the coup de grace by claiming that Iraq's nuclear capability was imminent. All this despite top US nuclear weapons experts having in 2001 already discredited this pet theory of the Bush admin, in their words "thoroughly debunked" the theory. ALL THIS WAS KNOWN PRE-WAR. The key evidence was refuted in AUGUST 2001 BEFORE THE 9/11 ATTACK. These are the facts. They are irrefutable and have all been extensively documented in this thread. If you care about the truth you'll read through it. If you don't care about the truth, then why carry on this discussion?