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Exactly. I think folks who say that the WMD issue is no big deal should put the shoe on the other foot and think what if it had been Clinton? There would be no end to the conspiracy theories, BS, etc...

In other words it be like DU on any given day : )

I understand where Bush is coming from. If he rakes the CIA and FBI over the coals over bad intelligence on 9/11, Saddam, whatever, then it may be counter-productive. They may be even less useful after having been chastised. Morale is a big deal in the intelligence agencies. It's a crappy situation to be stuck in for Bush.

61 posted on 01/23/2004 1:20:21 PM PST by GraniteStateConservative ("Howard Dean is incontrovertible proof that God is on Bush's side in the 2004 election"- Dick Morris)

"Exactly. I think folks who say that the WMD issue is no big deal should put the shoe on the other foot and think what if it had been Clinton? There would be no end to the conspiracy theories, BS, etc.."

There's just one problem with this. Clinton did use this argument when he attacked Iraq on multiple occassions. If my memory serves, Clinton attacked Iraq on 4 separate occassions, with each attack related to WMDs and UN violations. Clinton not only attacked Iraq, he bombed the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, the Al-Shifa pharmaceutical plant in Sudan and started a 78-day bombing campaign in Kosovo, over what could be argued to be exaggerated evidence. I just don't recall Republican outrage reaching the cresindo(sp) that we see with Democrats over Iraq.