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Politics
Let's Talk About the War
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Emcee:  Ilaine Type:  Moderated
Let's talk about the war from an intelligence perspective, and a military perspective, and build on each others' strengths.

FAQ: Who was the major supplier of arms to Iraq?
Table here - #1 Soviet Union, %57 of share; #2 France, %13 of share; # 3 China, %12 of share; # 4 Czech Republic, %7 of share; #6 Brazil, %4 of share; # 7 Egypt, %2 of share; # 8 Romania, %1 of share; # 9 Denmark, %1 of share; # 10 Libya, %1 of share; # 11 USA, %1 of share.
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FAQ: What about Saddam's WMD?
From Kay's final appearance before the Senate Armed Services Committee:
Dr. Kay has stated that, although we have not found evidence of large stockpiles of WMD, or forward-deployed weapons, the ISG group have made the following evidence as a part of their record that will be forthcoming: first, evidence of Saddam Hussein's intent to pursue WMD programs on a large scale; actual ongoing chemical and biological research programs; an active program to use the deadly chemical ricin as a weapon, a program that was interrupted only by the start of the war in March; and evidence of missile programs; and evidence that in all probability they were going to build those weapons to incorporate in the warheads, what we know not for sure, but certainly the possibility of weapons of mass destruction; evidence that Saddam Hussein was attempting to reconstitute his fledgling nuclear program as late as 2001; and, most important, evidence that clearly indicates Saddam Hussein was conducting a wide range of activities in clear contravention of the United Nations resolutions.

As you recently stated, Dr. Kay -- and I quote you -- "It was reasonable to conclude that Iraq posed an imminent threat. What we learned during the inspection made Iraq a more dangerous place potentially than, in fact, we thought it was even before the war," end quote....

KAY: Senator Warner, you're absolutely -- I think -- and I think I've said, but let me be absolutely clear about it -- Iraq was in clear and material violation of 1441. They maintained programs and activities, and they certainly had the intentions at a point to resume their program. So there was a lot they wanted to hide because it showed what they were doing that was illegal. I hope we find even more evidence of that.

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Hat tip to Neocon.

This is a moderated subject, which means that I can exclude you for reasons of my choosing. So far I only have four:

1) You are allowed to attack other people's ideas but you must be witty, and no hitting below the belt. Otherwise, you're out of here, although I may let you back in if you demonstrate redeeming social value.

2) If you believe that the world is controlled by a secret society, any secret society, be it the Bilderbergers or twelve foot tall lizards, you are banned for life.

3) If you like to say nasty things about Jews or Muslims, don't even come here. You can say nasty things about Islamists or Israeli policies, but not the entire religion.

4) People who think it's fun to try to get banned will have their wish granted.

Some people are pre-moderated, because I've encountered them on other threads, and they've already broken Rules 2 and/or 3. No second chances.
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486Hi D. Long; Re: "Carl hasn't popped up much recently, has he? <g>Bilow-6/19/2014
485What happened to this thread? Seems that it died about a year after you quit posSidney Reilly-3/2/2005
484That's an utterly fallacious argument. During the 1990s, there was a militaThomas M.-3/24/2004
483<i>Cobe's triumphantly presented statistics were grossly misleading<Thomas M.-3/24/2004
482I never characterized them as bad, though I plead guilty of putting enough emphaE-3/23/2004
481If we are going to count U.S. donations of wheat as bad because they freed up fuOriginal Mad Dog-3/23/2004
480More on the chump change issue: This is a post from Bilow, on FADG: Hi E; Re tE-3/23/2004
479Reminder re the $200,000,000.00 Cobe thinks is chump change: "[Those] weapE-3/23/2004
478Message 19945208 Interesting figures showing the % of share for the years 1973 E-3/22/2004
477<i>I wonder why DNS Al-Jazeera?</i> Closure of this case: Al-JazeeElsewhere-11/14/2003
476The inside story of how U.S. terrorist hunters are going after al Qaeda Cover Tom Clarke-5/25/2003
475Pinging to see which person I have on Ignore is posting.Ilaine-4/27/2003
474>>A woman who was a guest on Kudlow & Cramer<< Did Cramer shareEashoa' M'sheekha-4/27/2003
473opinionjournal.com An old version.Gordon A. Langston-4/26/2003
472Oil, Food and a Whole Lot of Questions By CLAUDIA ROSETT April 18, 2003 PresiTom Clarke-4/25/2003
471A woman who was a guest on Kudlow & Cramer last night was making the case foTom Clarke-4/23/2003
470<i>OT and goodbye</i> done like a pro... :o) --flFaultLine14/22/2003
469I have American Spirit on ignore but I can guess the message. The more I read aIsh-4/20/2003
468OT and goodbye.Ilaine-4/20/2003
467Kerry made the right move attacking Bush when no one else would. It's pulledAmerican Spirit-4/20/2003
466It would seem that there have been so many violations of the agreement by the PaCage Rattler-4/16/2003
465>>"This interim agreement was signed on the U.S. side by President ClIlaine-4/16/2003
464Palestinians concerned about a peace accord breach? Guess I picked the wrong weeBill Ulrich-4/16/2003
463You know, I really wonder sometimes if the Palestinians can handle running a staD. Long-4/16/2003
462Krusty the Clown of journalism, I like that. :) DerekD. Long-4/16/2003
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