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Originally posted by Gattigap
I understand that this is now part of GOP Lore, what with IAEA deciding to piss away its credibility by telling brazen lies to fuck with the Administration, but if someone could post links to "news sources" that explains why they would do this, that would be great.
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This is the issue that I was responding to. The allegation is absurd, and that's all I was trying to say, in a reasoned manner. I find the reasoning of those who think otherwise remarkable, to say the least.
I have no idea exactly when the 350 tons of explosves disappeared. I'm sure the IAEA report has nothing to say about that either. The IAEA can only say "sometime after our last visit", and the Iraqi government apparently said that the explosives were lost due to the chaos of the invasion and its aftermath.
That may or may not be true -- but its the Iraqi government what said whatever was said. You liked them well enough when Allawi was over here thanking us. What's the beef now?
Hank's initial approach was the best, and most honest: "Mistakes happen. But look at all the explosives we have secured or destroyed." Does anyone here really think that weapons and explosives from Iraqi military stores have NOT been used against our troops? Does anyone here want to argue that the U.S. DID secure all the WMD and important weapons dumps in the month after we invaded and that there has been no theft or looting since?
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P.S. I was going back after lunch to edit out my incivilities, when I found that the thread had changed. To Hello: You have no idea how much I usually edit my posts before I post them. To Bilmore: My beef is that I don't think the folks you're quoting care what "the real news" might be -- and are just saying: "Lie, lie, lie" to attempt to drown out any tactical advantage Kerry might get from this story. I am also offended (as I have been in the past) by the repeated slurs against the IAEA for (as near as I can tell) the sin of not reading from the GOP playbook.
I repeat, let's see what the Iraqis and the Admin have to say, on the record. Oh, wait, there is not time for that! Well, just keep yelling, then.
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