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To: Ilaine who wrote (80835)	10/26/2004 10:03:33 AM
From: KyrosL	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793835

So before the war we had 35 tons missing, some of them used for mining and such, the way I understand it. Now we have 350 tons missing and Iraq's borders are as porous as ever. I feel relieved.

To: Ilaine who wrote (80835)	10/26/2004 10:47:37 AM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 793835

We secured hundreds of thousands of tons of explosives. This is a drop in the bucket. Yes, it's bad that they've gone missing, but keep some perspective. 1. The Iraqi military did not and would not fight for Saddam Hussein. Dismmissing and disabanding them was a collosal error in judgement. 2. General Shinseki, Army Chief of Staff testified that it would require several hundred thousand troops to secure Iraq after the war. Lawrence Lindsey, Whitehouse economic advisor estimated that the war would cost $200B. They fired Lindsey and they let Shinseki stay in office but named his successor thus effectively terminating him Both of these men were right. The administration was tragically wrong. In business, anyone making blunders on this magnitude would be fired. There is no accountability here. How can we go on without accountability? On the homefront, the budget deficit is in free fall. Conservative economists will tell you that that this is a catastrophy. This can not stand. Meanwhile, the religious right wing (with the support of John Ashcroft) is clamoring to change our form of government. They want to do away with our concept of separation of church and state. They want to turn our country into a theocracy where born againers can dictate their brand of morality. What are Libertarians and big tent Republicans being suckered into?