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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dan B. who wrote (65945)	8/28/2005 2:19:34 AM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Iraq was a highly likely source of attacks upon us Highly likely? YOu mean we are not sure? We were sure about their WMDs. The we found that not to be true and we blamed the CIA for faulty intelligence. Now you say highly likely? So are you saying that Osama was not the definite source. That is exactly what people like Cindy Sheehan is asking of Bush. What is the "noble cause" Is it Iraq's complicity, is it the WMD possession, is it the spread of democracy. What is it? Nobody knows. Not even Bush.

To: Dan B. who wrote (65945)	8/28/2005 2:41:29 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

According to Richard Clarke, Bush-Cheney wanted an excuse to invade Iraq and tried to blame 9-11 on them as their primary objective. They ordered Clarke to "think Iraq" and pressured the CIA to come up with intel backing this hoax. Even if they found no evidence they knew they could fabricate some and make suspicious linkages like: - Osama and Saddam are both Arabs - Saddam has met a few friends of Osama - Osama and Saddam both hate Israel and the US (actually Saddam just hates Bush, not the US, he loved Reagan) Lost in all this was the fact that the two most dangerous countries vis a vis terrorism remain Bush allies Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. After that, Yemen, Syria and Somalia. Iraq was never about terrorism though they had some minor involvement. Bush invaded Iraq for the oil. No other reason makes any sense.