On 5/12/07, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The sad facts are that a) Iraq posed no actual threat to us,
The Clinton admin constantly claimed they were a threat and even bombed them. http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_272613219.shtml As Tenet told me over the phone Monday, "Some of the criticism implies that you (Tenet) knew the intelligence was wrong and you could have stopped it." That criticism is simply misinformed. As Tenet wrote, "I believed (Saddam Hussein) had WMD, and I said so." The CIA was convinced Hussein had biological and chemical weapons; the only doubt concerned whether he had nuclear weapons. Also, the CIA knew that Hussein had access to 550 tons of yellow cake -- enough to produce 100 nuclear weapons -- within Iraq's borders. (Note: That's independent of allegations that Iraq sought yellowcake in Niger.) And, Iraqis believed Hussein had WMD. For months before the war began, embedded operatives met with Iraqi military officers. Tenet wrote, "Every military officer we debriefed told us that Saddam did indeed possess WMD." After we went into Afghanistan, al Qaeda went to Iraq and set up training camps. Whether SH knew and allowed it or had no control is debatable. Either way a threat. > b) sadly most > terrorist attacks on American soil have been perpetrated by Americans and What does that even mean? We don't really have enemies abroad? Are you referring to the recent Muslim shootings? > c) we've placed ourselves in a position where it's difficult to respond to > actual threats at home and abroad. What do you base that theory on? > We've made Iraq the terrorist poster child. We could leave soon which, I > think, would turn Iraq into a terrorist playground or stay until things are > "stable" which (if it's even possible) could easily consume as much time and > resources as we've already spent; probably more. Maybe not: http://patdollard.com/2007/05/12/diyala-is-the-new-anbar/ > The Iraq war has dangerously weaken America. It will go down in history as > one of the worst military blunders of our age. The Bush administration's > legacy will be mocking derision. Or if it succeeds, one of the greatest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:234635 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
