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I seriously question the truthfulness of the info we have been supplied by our own government regarding the immediate threat to Americans from Iraq, as do many other informed people. They, Bush and company, have had to do some serious backpeddling recently when what the inspectors turns up does not match the pre-sold scenario of Sadam's arsenal. NO credible evidence of a nuclear program or links to Al Queda. I'm surprised that they could not even plant something to bolster their case, with all of the time and personnel we have had over there.
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OK, since you seem to have such a great information source, what is the better course of action? How has the US government deceived and manipulated the populace? Also, you claim the Bush administration wasn't prepared for the lack of evidence. Have the inspectors really dug up a lot of information in the past 12 years? Have you seen reports and accounts from past inspectors in which the Iraqi military confiscated the inspector's documents? Have you heard about inspectors arriving at one gate, while Iraqis were hauling out secret equipment and supplies out the opposite gate? Do you think Saddam and his henchmen have the wings of angels now? If Bush has any sense, past history will tell him there was little hope for the inspections.
I sense many anti-war sentiments are purely anti-Bush rants. I don't see much argument about why we shouldn't go to war. Bush needs to take more public speaking classes. He strikes me as a person who doesn't care about pleasing everyone. However, the actions he has taken are decisive and merey a continuation of past administrations.
Covert ops? Isn't that like the time we helped Iraq in the early 80s, or the time we overthrew Iran. During the 1990s, our intelligence community took a big hit. CIA claims we don't have a meaningful ground intelligence presence in the Middle East. We got caught with our pants down, and now our reaction is based on our current capabilities... shoot now, ask questions later.
It would be interesting to come back to this thread 6 months or 1 years from now. What will have changed? Will I still be full of sh~t? Will France still be occupied by pu55ies? Will someone shoot that guy Simon on American Idol?
Jurgen