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To: rich evans who wrote (259296)	11/10/2005 1:39:50 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1576180

Anyone watch the Chalabi talk/questions on C-SPAN. Interesting talk and questions. One question asked him his opinion of whether WMD destroyed, buried, moved or never existed. He refused to speculate. It is well know that WMD existed based on UN inspections in 1997-98 after Saddam's son in law defected and ratted him out. It was seen and inventoried by UN inspectors and some of it destroyed. But Chalabi would not say what happened to the rest of it. Does he know or what? None of it has been found but no proof of its destruction, burial or moved? Seems like one of the great mysteries of this whole war in Iraq. You would think there would be some records or persons who could tell us which of the three possibilities took place. Wierd. Bush sent his personal WMD inspector. No WMDs were found. The case is close. There is nothing weird about it.

To: rich evans who wrote (259296)	5/20/2006 5:53:06 PM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 1576180

Sadly, Bush's rush to war helped our "enemies". It was a war in the wrong place in the wrong way that has made "the enemy" almost vindicated. Although like in Vietnam, I'll bet our troops are having a very hard time knowing who the "enemy" really are. Some, in fact, may see the real enemy as the ones who put them there without a clear plan, preparation or honest reason. So who are our real enemies? Well terrorists for sure, but those are just viral strains of crazed humanity. Rooting them out and neutralizing them is more a CIA/POlice action, not the job of large military forces. Terrorists are always moving and hiding and don't occupy one place we can put our finger on. The Taliban sheltered them but they are driven off into the landscape now. So who else is our actual enemy? Maybe there is no real enemy but our addiction to Arab oil and our failure to understand that we cannot turn Muslim nations into democracies by hitting them over the head and threatening them. Look at the result of Bush's threats and actions? Iran and Palestine are now in quasi-terrorist hands and farther from democracy than ever before. And all the oil-rich fat cats over there are twice as rich, while we're twice as poor. In fact, even though we have 150,000 troops over there I feel we are weaker in the Middle East and the world than we were before. Troubling.