"But the world isn't like that"

[jbor]

on 18/10/02 9:56 AM, barbara100 at jps.net at barbara100 at jps.net wrote:

> It's not very logical for you to deduce, Jbor, that the Stop the War crowd
> thinks it's "totally OK" that Saddam launch an attack first. How did you
> figure that? 

It's actually pretty obvious.

> I think the Stop the War crowd wants to see weapons inspections
> resume.  And more than a few of us want to see that monster ousted in the
> night. But there's a big difference between that and all out attack American
> style.    
> 
> In an Australian interview Richard Butler said Dick Chenny's claim that Iraq
> has nuclear capabilities is out of line. I'm surprised he would have said
soemthing different to the Senate. Go read for yourself.
 
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/s695405.htm

I saw part of that interview. Butler stated that Saddam was starting to
develop nuclear weapons 20 years ago, and he confirmed that Saddam has had a
nuclear weapons program in place since the UN inspectors left Iraq in 1998.
He spoke about the new evidence in the Blair Dossier which showed that
Saddam had been acquiring weapons-grade uranium from Africa. Butler said he
was absolutely certain that Saddam currently has (biological/chemical)
weapons of mass destruction. Did you even read the transcript? It shows up
your "Saddam's got nothin'" argument for the arrant nonsense it is.

best


on 16/10/02 3:31 PM, barbara100 at jps.net at barbara100 at jps.net wrote:

> Honestly, Otto, have you heard any compelling evidence that Saddam has
> WDMs?  Let alone nuclear capabilities?  Fuck, he doesn't even have
> penicillin the last 12 years, how could he have uranium?
> The last UN inspector in Iraq  (1998) said of 450 inspections they came up
> clean in [virtually] all of them and were in complete compliance.
> Saddam's got nothin', and if he does, as far as it's ever gonna go is
> Israel.
> GW's got us all worked up over a two-bit scudster.
> This war is bullshit!  Even my mother took down her flag tonight, and she's
> a real patriot. She said her famous line again, "I'm a woman, I'm a
> Democrat, and I'm a Catholic!" but she added tonight, "but I just can't
> support this war!" I kid you not, she wrestled that old faded red white and
> blue from its pole as I buckled up and drove off.
>