That's what blows all the "this means we were right to go in" arguments apart. We had ways of finding out if he did have WMD and the UK and US governments didn't let the people involved finish their work.
On 3/17/06, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just a reminder the people on the ground, the UN inspectors who were > in Iraq, and the IAEA always said that there were no WMD's. > > On 3/16/06, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When you have your own guys, plus other countries all agreeing that they > > have them, then the risk factor seems within the bounds. > > > > If you try it and you turn out wrong, then people second guess, which is > > good if it makes us better, but when the point is just to belittle then > > it doesn't help anybody. > > > > Were mistakes made? Clearly. However I don't think they could have done > > this any other way. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 7:13 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: Saddam Pretended to have Weapons to prevent Attack > > > > > > > Dino wrote: > > > > Israel only attacked Iraq when they were building a nuclear reactor > > for > > > the > > > > express purpose of gaining nukes to attack Israel. > > > > > > Combine that with what gMoney said and you have: > > > > > > 1.) If we thought there was a threat, why didn't we just bomb the shit > > > out of it w/o having to go in? Lame Answer: mobile labs. Apparently > > > REALLY mobile. So mobile they don't exist. Which brings us to ... > > > > > > 2.) Why don't we know how reliable our intelligence is? From the > > > beginning the whole everybody-thought-blah-blah-blah strikes me as > > > absolutely moronic. It's called risk management - I know they offer > > > classes at HBS on the topic. Bush must've skipped them. Whenever you > > > have intelligence you have a reliability factor on it. Either ours > > > was low and we went in anyway or we haven't learned shit about > > > intelligence in the last 50 years. > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:200373 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
