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Old Apr 24th, 2006, 02:05 PM       
Not only is this not news, it's also just another example of the modern style of misleading pseudo-journalism. Max, you already know that the CIA doesn't submit every little bit of intelligence they turn up to the White House. They process it all, cull through it and submit briefs. There was intelligence from many sources that indicated that Iraq had no WMDs, and there was intelligence saying just the opposite, and there was intelligence that was completely inconclusive.

Saddam was playing a very dangerous game, much like Iran is now, and much like Hitler did before WWII. In fact, there are many examples in history of that sort of sabre-rattling being employed in order to provoke a reaction one way or another. In any society, there are those that would prefer a peaceful solution to any conflict above all else, but in a democratic society, those voices get to be heard, which causes debate and sows discontent within the nations that are most likely to respond.

Chamberlain helped Hitler, but there was no such voice to temper Bush's response. There appears to be a pretty strong pre-opposition in this country against any form of force being used on Iran, but there's not yet any Democrat with the balls to be the voice of that oppostion as Chamberlain did, most likely for fear of being proven wrong and being remembered as Chamberlain is for being so.

Had a Democrat stood up to oppose Bush's run up to war in Iraq, the Democratic Party would have gained from this sort of "news" as well as much of the other more real mistakes revealed by the war. None of them did, at least not in any substantial way, and so this stuff becomes anti-Bush instead of pro-Democrat. Is there a Democrat today willing to step up to the plate and meet with the mullahs?
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mburbank~ Yes, okay, fine, I do know what you meant, but why is it not possible for you to get through a paragraph without making all the words cry?

How can someone who obviously thinks so much of their ideas have so little respect for expressing them? How can someone who so yearns to be taken seriously make so little effort?!
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