| Tyrone Slothrop |
08-31-2006 09:53 AM |
A is for effort, S is for Spanky.
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Originally posted by Spanky
The fact that the administration didn't listen to you is obscene. . . . If Clinton thought he had weapons when he left office, then no one knew BEFORE the invasion that there were no weapons.
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You seem to think I'm making some argument about what we knew back in the day. On that point, we're going to have to wait a few years for the memoirs to be published and the records to be released and the histories to be written. Suffice it for now to say that I think the best thinking of the government was somewhat more nuanced than the public statements of top administration officials in the run-up to the war.
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Of course. So what you are implying, that you knew more or know more than the military and intelligence?
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I've stated that Ricks' sources are in the military and intelligence community, and I'm implying -- oops, now I'm stating -- that he is better informed than you.
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You could say, but you would be assuming facts not in evidence. The straw that broke the camels back could have been Bush resolve. . . . My point is we don't know.
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It could also have been that he was scared by Penske's mad photoshopping skillz. David Kay does know a thing or two. So does David Ricks. You don't know, but only because your efforts to learn something have been limited, apparently, to a single Google search in the course of this conversation.
For someone who complains about the sort of sources I link to, all you do is talk out of your ass. |
