[CLUE-Talk] The prism of our experience

[Randy Arabie]

On Thursday, 10 July 2003 at 18:09:42 -0600, Timothy C. Klein <teece at silverklein.net> wrote:
> > 
> > What of the evidence of other WMD efforts?  Was that all
> > falsified, too?
> 
> My problem is not with the war, per se. I am not a pacifist -- I think
> war is a complete failure of human beings, but sometimes it may be
> necessary. And as for the Iraq war, I think that it *could* have been
> justified properly. But it was not.
> 
> I get the feeling that presenting the evidence honestly would have given
> the US public something like a 50/50 split on whether or not the war was
> needed. It seems like the GWB admin. sexed up the evidence to make sure
> that approval was higher, so that it was politically advantageous. To me,
> that is absolutely unacceptable.  When it comes to 250 allied dead, 1000
> wounded, several thousand dead Iraq civilians, and billions of dollars,
> we need to be able to trust the Pres. of the USA to be 100% honest. In
> this case he was not. This trouble me deeply.
> 
> Why would GWB and crew feel the need to lie? Saddam was a madman. Saddam
> was in violation of UN resolutions. Why make up claims about nuclear
> programs that have been dormant for a decade, about UAVs that can strike
> at American cities (which is just total nonsense: range of Iraqi UAVs is
> 300 miles), about knowing exactly where chemical weapons are, and that
> the Iraqis have 45 minute deployment orders? We really need the answers
> to these questions. At this point, it has nothing to do with WMD, or the
> whether or not going to war was right or wrong, or whether Iraq is now a
> better place.
> 
> I need to know that I can trust the President when it comes to this most
> grave of decisions. Right now, I wouldn't buy a used car from the guy,
> let alone trust him on more important claims.

Tim,

I can't argue with anything you have said there.

BTW, hope all your tooths are doing well ;)
-- 

Allons Rouler!

Randy
http://www.arabie.org/