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To: TimF who wrote (149701)	10/28/2004 9:40:18 PM
From: Michael Watkins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

If it's half of that [400,000 tons] and the explosives where only 1/5th the 377 tons would only be a small part of the total. And if it is inaccurate it could also be inaccurate on the low side. I've seen other estimates of more like a million tons. The nitty details on the ratio of explosive material weight to munitions weight doesn't matter - the point of drawing the comparison was to illustrate that the Cheney/Bush campaign quite willingly paints a misleading picture for the public by presenting an apples to orange, or diving-weight to tennis ball, comparison. This particular news issue isn't the scandal, but it is representative of the important scandal and the most important issue in this election. Everything we've seen makes it quite clear that the administration did not have a plan to secure the weapons they supposedly went to war to prevent terrorists from getting -- not just at this facility (a huge and obvious target for terrorists and the US alike) but all over Iraq. They didn't develop a plan to secure all of the primary objectives. That makes the war a failure by any standard of measurement. - Bush / Cheney's plan was insufficient to win the initial battle and maintain the peace - Bush / Cheney's plan dramatically underestimated war costs - to the tune of tens of billions of dollars, because it did not adequately plan for securing the primary objectives which include keeping the peace - Bush / Cheney's plan understaffed the war, yet their agents laughed at those who presented far more sobering, and realistic, force requirements Their plan so missed the mark that it leaves thinking people with the big question "What was this war all about?" and the answer I think many of them will arrive at over the coming months is that they were deceived from the start.