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To: Neeka who wrote (169610)	6/12/2006 6:13:40 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793771

Hindsight is a great thing. Listening to all versions of the facts, not just cherry-picking the facts you found convenient, might help with better foresight. It probably pains you to contemplate this, but Hans Blix, the chief UN weapons inspector in Iraq, was right when he said the following, pre-war: # Iraq’s nuclear weapons program was dormant. # No evidence suggested that Iraq possessed chemical or biological weapons. # But Iraq was attempting to develop missile capability exceeding the UN-mandated limit of 93 miles. carlisle.army.mil From that same source (published by the US Army War College): >>The President and key presidential advisors, including the National Security Advisor and the Secretary of Defense, did not justify toppling Saddam Hussein primarily as a response to Iraq’s attacks against coalition forces or the humanitarian needs of Iraqis. The principal reason for war stated by the Bush Administration to the nation and the world was the possible use of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Disarming Iraq was the desired end, and regime change in Iraq was the only possible way to achieve that end. Preemptive military action was required, and thus justified, to prevent possible use of WMD. As expressed by Alan W. Dowd, “The Bush Doctrine’s principle of preemption was tailor-made for Baathist Iraq—a country with growing ties to terror, an underground uncon- 22/23 ventional weapons program, and the means and motive to mete out revenge on the United States.”8 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Colin Powell regrets that he was misled on Iraqi WMD. He said that his speech to the UN, asserting that Iraq had WMD, was the "lowest point in his life". That's how mature, honest people deal with the situation. They don't just flap their hands and say "s--- happens."