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Originally posted by Spanky
The point of the conversation was that you averred that Clinton, through Operation Desert Fox, either wiped out, or seriously damaged Saddam Hussein's WMD program (so that is where they "went"). You used Rick to support your argument. I doubt Operation Desert Fox did what you say it did, but I don't think either of us can know for sure, and I don't think Ricks allegations back up your assertions. That is the argument. Is it not?
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No.
(1) The Clinton thing was more or less an aside. I've now clarified it, and put it to you that when Clinton left office, Iraq had no WMD programs and no WMD that we know of, and so containment was working. If you want to argue about that, go nuts. But that argument doesn't depend on Ricks. You'll have to explain that David Kay is all wet, and that magical fairies made all the evidence disappear and flew all the WMD to Syria.
(2) I offered Ricks as a cite for the proposition that surviving Iraqi WMD programs were effectively done in by Operation Desert Fox. This appears to be the consensus view of the United States government, and in particular of the military and the CIA. You dispute this, apparently without any evidence but rather on the proposition that we don't have perfect information and Ricks hasn't done any original reporting.
eta: And because you don't care for him.
No?
