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To: Elroy who wrote (209802)	11/1/2004 3:52:07 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577094

Why do you think everyone else had the same intel as Bush? I haven't said "all". But certainly, Clinton had intel that was essentially the same as Bush's. And the intel others had totally supported Bush's conclusions. This is precisely what is wrong with the Kerry/Leftist argument that Bush "misled" anyone. If he did, everyone from Clinton to Bob Graham to Tony Blair and even Chirac was complicit in it. The WMD argument was, IMO, bolstered by the allegations of missing weapons last week (if they weren't WMD or components thereof, why did IAEA care? And why is it a big deal for a minuscule portion of the weapons, well under 1/20 of 1%, are missing?) The more important fact is that WMDs simply don't matter. It was one of innumerable good arguments for removing Saddam, and Kerry has never been able to satisfactorily respond to the question of whether he would want Saddam back in power. Furthermore, Saddam was in violation of UN Resolutions, UN was refusing to act on it, and someone had to do it. The argument is weak for those of us who have good minds. For the weak-minded, it is easy to get sucked in to the Kerry talking points.