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New Saddam could have
accounted for them perfectly, with photos and witnesses, and that war would still have happened.
--\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n* Jack Troughton                            jake at consultron.ca *\n* [link|http://consultron.ca|http://consultron.ca]                   [link|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] *\n* Kingston Ontario Canada               [link|news://news.consultron.ca|news://news.consultron.ca] *\n-------------------------------------------------------------------
New How do you state the obvious

All we have to say is that Scott Ritter was spot on & knew it.

Those who wanted the war for reasons beyond WMD didn't want Scott Riter to be heard or believed.

It is stunning how so many among us keep denying the obvious, but as long as we can say 'But Saddam was an evil man' we can still justify why the war took place & ignore the nagging doubts.

Now we have the spectacle of an increasingly embattled president trying to tough it out - each speech keeps association 'war on terror' with 'invading Iraq' when it is plainly clear who is being terrorised and what the motives are.

On top of this we have the further spectacle of US leadership trying to get other UN nations to now supply targets for the Iraqi & Arabs who keep using US & British for target practice. First you s... on them then when things go wrong, try to suck them in to become alterate targets. Bush knows that each dead US soldier is another little nail in his electoral coffin. Hmmmm, so what nations will be dumb enough to extract Bush from his own pile of s...

I trust none will.

Doug Marker



New Or maybe it wouldn't have.
But no, that's inconceivable to you. It's *always* America's fault somehow, no matter how the other guy behaves.

So why didn't Saddam keep better track? We know he was a meticulous record keeper in other matters.
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DEAL WITH IT.
Americans: a pack, not a herd.
Never mind all the mass graves. Where's the nerve gas?
[link|http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/marlowe/index.html|http://www.angelfire...arlowe/index.html]
New Saddam's numbers good enough for Marlowe!
"So why didn't Saddam keep better track?"

You gotta be kidding me. HELLOOOOO? IS THERE ANYBODY HOME?

This belongs in the PHB forum.

<corrected typo>
I'm not a complete idiot -- some parts are missing
Expand Edited by GBert Sept. 8, 2003, 01:00:25 PM EDT
New Give it up, Giovanni.
He thinks us Europeans are all lefty pinko socialist Saddam-loving gun-hating gay-loving America-hating weirdos.


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New Yeah, I know ....
You're right, he's as close to a bot as you can get without wasting valuable CPU cycles.

He must think the same about most Americans, too (not that he'd admit that).

It's a free country--and if you don't like it, you can shut the fsck up!
New You've put words in my mouth
I didn't say it was America's fault. In fact, calling this action "America's fault" is a nice way for various people to duck their own personal responsibility for their actions... a tactic favoured by former SS officers after the Second World War, I might add.

There's actually a very small group of people whose fault this war is, and conflating that group with "America" helps them avoid their personal responsibility for the actions they took whilst gracing them with a gravitas they neither possess nor merit.
--\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n* Jack Troughton                            jake at consultron.ca *\n* [link|http://consultron.ca|http://consultron.ca]                   [link|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] *\n* Kingston Ontario Canada               [link|news://news.consultron.ca|news://news.consultron.ca] *\n-------------------------------------------------------------------
New Personal responsibility!
It was, first and foremost, Saddam's fault, and the fault of his henchmen, for his predations upon his own subjects, his repeated attacks on neigboring countries, his [link|http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/marlowe/iraq.html#terrorism|support for terrorism] and his chronic attempts to acquire and hold on to weapons of mass destruction.

Right?

Right?

(He also repeatedly flouted UN resolutions, in case you think the United Nations deserve any respect. Although, given the way they responded to said flouting, it's fair to say they don't deserve any.)

Secondly, it is the fault of those who opposed to the bitter end any effort to put end to all the above. You know who you are. Accept your personal responsibility. The ghosts of Salman Pak expect no less of you.

It is a credit to the American people that the great majority of us support the global war on terror, including the Iraq campaign.
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DEAL WITH IT.
Americans: a pack, not a herd.
Never mind all the mass graves. Where's the nerve gas?
[link|http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/marlowe/index.html|http://www.angelfire...arlowe/index.html]
New Personal responsibility?
Here's a clue, Marlowe; citing yourself as an authoritative source doesn't work very well.

It's those self-same henchman (who number in the thousands, not 51) who are now being recruited to do their old job; yo keep the Iraqi people in line for the regime in place. The fact that the boss is now American instead of Iraqi is not likely to make a huge difference to their methods. After all, the people at the top are looking for results.
--\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n* Jack Troughton                            jake at consultron.ca *\n* [link|http://consultron.ca|http://consultron.ca]                   [link|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] *\n* Kingston Ontario Canada               [link|news://news.consultron.ca|news://news.consultron.ca] *\n-------------------------------------------------------------------
New And here's a clue for you: try actually following the link.
It leads to a whole list of links to various sources.

But then, you never were much for thorough research. You and tangaroa. Opinionated, self righteous and above all, LAZY. Yes, you.
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DEAL WITH IT.
Americans: a pack, not a herd.
Never mind all the mass graves. Where's the nerve gas?
[link|http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/marlowe/index.html|http://www.angelfire...arlowe/index.html]
New Yet Another Clue
Your argumentation sucks. Ad hominem doesn't work either.

You suck at your own game, and I see you still haven't addressed the central point, which is if the US "really" did this to get rid of the evil torturous murdering regime, why is your regime hiring the people who did the torturing and murdering for the first?
--\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n* Jack Troughton                            jake at consultron.ca *\n* [link|http://consultron.ca|http://consultron.ca]                   [link|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] *\n* Kingston Ontario Canada               [link|news://news.consultron.ca|news://news.consultron.ca] *\n-------------------------------------------------------------------
     Did bad bookkeeping cause the Iraq war? - (Another Scott) - (15)
         Saddam could have - (jake123) - (10)
             How do you state the obvious - (dmarker)
             Or maybe it wouldn't have. - (marlowe) - (8)
                 Saddam's numbers good enough for Marlowe! - (GBert) - (2)
                     Give it up, Giovanni. - (pwhysall) - (1)
                         Yeah, I know .... - (GBert)
                 You've put words in my mouth - (jake123) - (4)
                     Personal responsibility! - (marlowe) - (3)
                         Personal responsibility? - (jake123) - (2)
                             And here's a clue for you: try actually following the link. - (marlowe) - (1)
                                 Yet Another Clue - (jake123)
         Lack of trust? - (Silverlock)
         No, but it sure came in handy! -NT - (GBert)
         Re: Did it cause the war. - (mmoffitt) - (1)
             Or in Shrubbish Ehss-Pan-Y'all:____ \ufffdal punte, Se\ufffdor! -NT - (Ashton)

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But technology never seems to advance...


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