Oh, bullcrap, Galt. You think she is a phony because she believes that Usama and Saddam had greater relations with each other than you or other antiwar conservatives are willing to admit.
She disagrees with you, so you believe her to be a phony. Don't hand me a lot of self-righteous pap about Mylroie making money off the dead at the WTC, or that Mylroie is automatically guilty of phoniness because she was a paid expert witness at the McVeigh trial. QED does not an assertion make.
You have a lot of intellectual capital invested in your antiwar position. An Usama/Saddam connection undermines such a position, as those of us who support the war understand all too well. Mylroie may be incorrect in asserting a Saddam connection with 9-11, as I believe her to be. There is no reason why bin Laden would break compartmentalization and operational security by letting the Moustache in on the plan. However, the facts of the larger relationship appears to have survived the scrutiny of the antiwar crowd, and it is that relationship which needed to be nipped in the bud. It is also that relationship that, to my satisfaction, justified the entire war.
Whether or not it is justified in your mind is another thing altogether.
Be Seeing You,
Chris
She was a Saddam apologist in the '80s and was one of those neocons who ditched Bush I and switched over to Clinton in '92. Why do you trust her?
I have come to terms with the Iraqi debacle, and still have friends over there, one who does not want to be there; a bad man was removed and an often cruel, Clinton Era sanction regime has ended. The Democrats are now trying to get to the Left or Right (who knows in these strange times) by pushing for a longer commitment to rebuilding these hopeless desert states.
Trotting out tin foil hat conspiracy theories to justify your support for this war is not necessary. Anti-war conservative never expected those who were duped to simply come clean, but we are not unreasonable in asking that you simply leave it alone and move on; that is the position of the Administration as indicated by Paul Bremer who characterized the WMDead Enders who put out 'red herrings' on WMDs, and no doubt these foolish storied of Saddam and Osama, as undermining the efforts of the occupation.