Since I do not have inside info on whether or not this info was distributed some time ago to the inspectors, could you please publish your source for that claim? You didnt extrapolate that info by A + B is true so HTF mut be true did you?Now I will step you through some very simple logic.
#1. Iraqi scientest defects (Mr. A).
#2. Mr. A provides information to US government about location of secret compound.
#3. US government gives this information to the inspectors.
#4. Inspectors go to secret compound and find scientists and illegal weapons programs.
Nice and simple. And everything follows from the "facts" in the story and your premise that such information was provided to the inspects.
Don't bother stating that such was not your premise because if it was not, then you agreed with my premise that such information was not provided to the inspectors. Duh.
So, have any reports been released about the inspectors finding Iraq's illegal weapons program or this secret compound?
No.
Have OTHER reports detailing where the inspectors have been and what they have found been released?
Yes.
Would there be any reason that the report of the inspectors found the secret weapons program be hushed up?
I can't think of any.
So, nothing to indicate that the inspectors have found the secret compound and Iraq's illegal weapons program.
You can't prove a negative. But this seems pretty conclusive for Real World criteria.
So, if the inspectors did NOT find the secret compound...
a. The US government did not provide the information on its location to the inspectors.
b. The government did provide the information, but Saddam cleaned it out before they got there.
c. There was no information to provide because the story is a lie.
You're claiming that "c" is incorrect. The story is true.
Therefore, it must be A or B. If B, how did Saddam know that the inspectors would be coming there long enough before they showed up to clean it out?
And so on and so forth.
Wow, a story, multiple options, multiple facts, some accurate, some not.
Yet binary only indicates 2 possible options.
And you see only two possible options.
Either they are all true
-or-
They are all false
And since YOU can substantiate one item
-then-
They are all true.
A logical error on your part. And one that you insist on repeating.
A and B are true.
C and D and E are in dispute.
You claim that A is true.
Yes, A is true. But C and D and E are not.
Again, you claim that A is true.
Yes, again, A is true, but C and D and E are not.
And again, you claim that A is true. Then you claim that C and D and E have not been verified by myself.
That is true. As I have stated, it is not possible to prove a negative.
My point is that, if they WERE true, a completely DIFFERENT set of circumstances should exist than what currently exists.
Since that is not the case, I am not going to believe that an Iraqi scientist defected with knowledge of Saddam's secret compound in Baghdad and was allowed to talk to a news crew who then broadcast that information across the world.
And I will believe that anyone who DOES believe that is an idiot.
"Duck hunters in Arkansas accidentally shoot an angel."
#1. Are there duck hunters? Yes.
#2. Are there duck hunters in Arkansas? Yes.
#3. Do duck hunters in Arkansas shoot? Yes.
Therefore, accourding to Boxley, this is a true story because no one can provide evidence that an angel was NOT shot.