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To: Alighieri who wrote (340274)6/13/2007 3:55:42 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1575614
 
How could I possibly exaggerate...iraq is a catastrophe by any measure.

Even if one assumes the 2nd part of your sentence it doesn't imply the the first is meaningful. A horrible catastrophe can still be greatly exaggerated. In any case there is more to it then just catastrophe.

There were NO WMDs there several years after UNSCOM had left the country.

That isn't literally true. I wouldn't bother to point it out but your so repetitive in that technically false assumption. More importantly it doesn't really address the issue under discussion. No significant WMD, or even absolutely no WMD, doesn't equate with the inspections regime not having difficulty, or the sanctions regime being solid.



To: Alighieri who wrote (340274)6/13/2007 11:53:50 PM
From: tejek  Respond to of 1575614
 
Your looking at all the bad things that exist now (and perhaps exaggerating some of them), the....

How could I possibly exaggerate...iraq is a catastrophe by any measure. For those who have died, lost their homes, possessions, loved ones, to the cause celebre it represents for terrorists around the globe, it is a catastrophe for the US and the world.


Its nearly hopeless. Its like the right speaks a different language.