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Originally posted by Not Me
Seriously, though, one of the panel members on Fox News Sunday, I think it was Paul Gigot, said it best - you cannot hold the Prez to a "beyond a reasonable doubt" standard about these things before he acts after the US has been attacked by a foreign entity.
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Ok. How about a "Don't fuck it up" standard?
P.S. You should not pretend anymore that this is about a direct response to 9/11 or about directly fighting al Qaeda.
As you have so often reiterated, the justification for the War which remains is the whole "reorganize the world to make it better" approach. Whether or not the Iraq effort will do so, or would have done so if handled though other than Neo-con/Achmed Chalabi blinders, is very much open to dispute -- which is why many of your conservative friends -- such as Club -- are working so damn hard to find other justifications.
Remember, the high-ranking Iraqi al Qaeda members are all hiding in Syria, sitting on top of the WMD. Go get 'em!
Excertps from Club's article:
"We are now in the process of getting this latest intelligence," Lehman said.
Commission Chairman Thomas Kean urged the administration to make any such information available to the panel quickly.
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He said the final report would be modified to take any new intelligence into account.
Lehman said the information, contained in "captured documents," was obtained after the commission report was written that stated there was no evidence of a "collaborative relationship" between Iraq and al Qaeda.
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"That still has to be confirmed, but the vice president (Dick Cheney (news - web sites)) was right when he said that he may have things that we don't yet have," said Lehman, a former Navy secretary.
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Lehman said there was no evidence Saddam was involved in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on America. But he said the recent information about the Fedayeen officer "demonstrates the difficulty that we've had in this commission."
"We're under tremendous political pressures -- everything we come out with, one side or the other seizes on in this election year," Lehman said."
So, the Administration is releasing this intelligence now, Hmmm? Political motive? I wonder if it comes from Cheney's friends at the INC?
S_A_M
