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Quilla -

Why do you think the administration had backed away from talking about Saddam and AQ? Even if they didn't or couldn't tie Saddam directly to 9/11, it seems a bad move politically at least to stop talking (until yesterday and this article) about Saddam's links to AQ.

Support for the war is so seriously low and if people only knew what we know (LOL), I think support would increase.

Just speculating, as I'm not near as versed in stratergy as our President, but here goes: Every prominent democrat, up until the start of the war in Iraq, can be quoted condemning Saddam's use and possession of weapons of mass destruction. No one in the mainstream would dare mention these quotes today as they pound the no WMD's line at every possible opportunity. Without concrete, irrefutable evidence of Saddam's involvement in September 11, the media would crucify (i.e. yellowcake/Niger) any claims made by the Bush Administration. I believe they are attempting to put together an unimpeachable dossier implicating Saddam before releasing it to the enemy, er I mean, the press.

Good Saturday Mornin' to ya...

WMD was the ultimate nightmare
scenario after 9-11. The Bush
team totally believed that. We
saw the enemy go for mass kills.
Don't forget how many thousands
ESCAPED the WTC. All were meant
to die.

We KNEW Saddam had capability to
kill even more massively if left
alone to do it. We knew he had
terror links, if not 9-11 itself.
I recall team Bush stressing the
fear of WMD going from Saddam to
terrorists to hit us. Also the
U.N. was wimping out & we used a
WMD rationale on them.

Using simply "terrorist links",
back then, was dicey, IMO. Look
how many other regimes that fit!

Now, it makes more sense to show
Iraq as riddled with terrorists,
and from years ago until now. It
is a fact, & a threat, no matter
where the WMD went. They kill our
soldiers, decent Iraqis, Coalition
forces, contractors, diplomats...
the list goes on. Nick Berg shows
they want to behead ALL OF US.

Their weapon was a knife, not
WMD. We must adjust to it, Peach,
by our use of rhetoric.