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To: greenspirit who wrote (174849)	11/12/2005 5:20:12 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 281500

I like the recent Scappleface piece "Democrats Deny Having Prewar Intelligence".

To: greenspirit who wrote (174849)	11/12/2005 10:26:06 PM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I think it starts with not uttering falsehoods that damage the country in time of war, simply because your donor base wants to hear them. How about this falsehood uttered in time of war? The larger point is, and the fundamental question is, did Saddam Hussein have a weapons program? And the answer is, absolutely. And we gave him a chance to allow the inspectors in, and he wouldn't let them in. And, therefore, after a reasonable request, we decided to remove him from power, along with other nations, so as to make sure he was not a threat to the United States and our friends and allies in the region. I firmly believe the decisions we made will make America more secure and the world more peaceful. whitehouse.gov I guess the thing is, if you want to be a war president and start a war you get to utter all the falsehoods you want, and your faithful suckups will blame it all on somebody else. "Personal responsibility" in the W sense of the phrase, it seems.