[conservatism_IS_compassion]

ragtime cowgirl bump

[kingu]

One critical admission that keeps getting skipped by the media. British and American intelligence agencies were convinced that Saddam had WMDs; but so was Saddam. His loyal scientists took money for weapons programs and then never developed the promised weapons.

How many times did we hear the chatter of a line around Baghdad where chemical weapons would be used? How many Iraqis did reporters film with gas masks? Caches of biowarfare protection suits and more masks?

David Kay was right - we got lucky. Saddam wanted those WMDs and was obviously prepared to use them; unfortunately for the former Iraqi leader, he got scammed.

[ClearCase_guy]

If the US media were unbiased, the Kay testimony would have been reported differently (the spin I consistently heard was that he demonstrated how unjustified Bush's foreign policy has been). In addition, the BBC situation would see more coverage (I've seen precious little coverage).

The bias of the media is represented in silence and spin.