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To: neolib who wrote (228682)	4/25/2007 7:27:33 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I would be sympathetic to that POV except for the fact that those advancing it were wrong on most everything else, and to me, it looks like they are pushing this story only to rescue their credibility. At some point one must do the math. Considering Saddam's track record (you do consider it, don't you?) it is hardly far-fetched to believe that he decided to outfox the Americans by removing the weapons along with the gold bullion and national treasure that went in convoys to Syria. There are also persistent rumors that Russian techs were hired; the Russians certainly had a motive to obscure how much 'assistance' they had given Saddam. Without good intelligence in Damascus, it is impossible to do the math. The Israelis have probably the best intelligence and the strongest motive for keeping tabs; they think that Assad took delivery of a bunch of stuff from Saddam's weapon's programs. This is why I keep bringing up the analogy of the known drug dealer backing up a truck to his house which is thereafter found empty. Many conclusions are possible, none is sure; but deciding that he must be innocent is among the least likely. Yet that is precisely what the left has decided about Saddam Hussein, for its own political short-term goals.