Re: OT - yet another OT thread

William M. Klein wrote:
> I assume it is being covered world-wide (and I wonder what it will do
> for Tony Blair next week), but the CIA report came out today saying
>
> - No evidence of WMD were found in Iraq
> - No evidence of WMD being shipped to Syria (or elsewhere) was found
>
> after EXTENSIVE search.

Ah, you've been reading the NYT. The CIA actually said it can find no hard
EVIDENCE of the movement of WMD.

The CIA also said:

"The CIA's chief weapons inspector said he cannot rule out the possibility
that Iraqi weapons of mass destruction were secretly shipped to Syria before
the March 2003 invasion, citing "sufficiently credible" evidence that WMDs
may have been moved there. "
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20050427-121915-1667r.htm

>
> ***
>
> This does NOT mean that I think Saddam was a "great leader" or even
> someone we (US particularly) should have supported, but it does mean
> that at least one of (probably the major) given reason for our
> invasion was erroneous. (Notice that, as far as I can personally
> tell, it was "erroneous" and NOT a "lie".)
> I also, personally, (not generally supported I suspect) wonder
> exactly how "wrong" (judgement required) it was that he (and his
> government) refused to "cooperate" with year after year of UN
> resolution searching for what wasn't there, wasn't found there in
> previous searches, and which the UN wanted him to open up
> "residential" and private property to search for.

Which should serve notice on other countries that it's not nice to fool
Captain America.


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