Posted on 07/22/2004 12:12:25 PM PDT by trolleum
It's one thing to say Saddam had WMD and admit that it's an assumption, it's another to try to make it look like it's based on solid evidence, when it's really just based on Saddam not having accounted for them.
"Saddam has not accounted for all WMD" or "Saddam probably has WMD" is NOT the same as "Saddam definitely has WMD", or "we have proof that Saddam has WMD".
Most intelligence agencies thought Saddam probably had WMD. Only a few arrogant ones said they were sure. And even the CIA gave a mixed assessment that Bush bastardized and distorted by turning likelihoods into certainties.
75% probability is NOT equal to certainty.
"We know he had em cause he used em" is logic that only works on hillbillies. The question is "did he have em in the last couple of years?"
Wow... Talk about a lack of reasoning... Here are a number of facts that have never been disputed.
Fact #1. Iraq had active biological and chemical weapons programs.
Fact #2. Iraq used chemical weapons on more than one occasion.
Fact #3. The cease fire agreement in the "first Gulf War" was dependant on the unfettered access of UN weapons inspectors, and the accounting for, and destruction of, all weapons of mass destruction, and the programs to develop those weapons.
Fact #4. Iraqi officials repeatedly hindered the inspections, and never gave an accounting of the weapons.
Hmmm... Let's see. Given these facts, it is well within reason that he still has weapons hidden, especially given the fact that Iraq had 8 months to hide anything incriminating before the invasion began.
It's a good thing that Louis Pasteur didn't "reason" like this troll... Since he couldn't see germs, then they must not have been causing illness. And it's reasoning like his that allowed North Korea to become a nuclear power.
Mark
You're just another Kosovo warmonger.
Ah, and therein lies their problem. Proof. They are a little more bizarre than usual today what with SocksGate and the Seven-Eleven Commission did not vote to hang Pres Bush.
hehe ! :^D
What's up, Doc?
For the sake of semantics, we need to remember that even a good lie is a lie.
Ahhh.... The troll finally reveals himself as a DUmmy!
The key here is the word "lie." To "lie" is to KNOWINGLY tell an untruth. That's the key. You see, DUmmies believe that there is no difference between the possibility of being wrong (which, is still up in the air), and knowingly spreading untruths. It's only in this way that they can justify their miserable existance. You see, deep down, they KNOW that they've sold their souls out to bad people. That they hang their hopes on people who have no values, other than gaining power. Much like people who watch the Jerry Springer show to feel better about themselve, they lable everyone else as "liars," since if they do it, everyone must!
We see it over and over again. DUmmies and leftists accusing everyone else of what they are actually doing, much like the pali terrorists.
Mark
*Adopts whining four-year-old's voice and gestures*
Awwww... why does all the fun happen when I'm asleep?
I wake up to troll ping threads that are already three or four hundred posts long by the time I get here, and it's seriously brassing me off.
Being eighteen hours ahead of JimRob time can be a real pain in the tuckus at times.
Time to pass the baton, we're exhausted. Since you're 18 hours ahead, maybe you can nuke these critters while we sleep?
Clinton's lackeys failed to convince Americans that taking military action against Hussein was a smart idea.
In 1998, Berger, (with Albright and Cohen) tried to convince Americans that military action against Iraq might be necessary. Unfortunately they met some opposition to that idea at a "town hall" meeting in Columbus, Ohio.
Just a bit of advice if you ever return to read you old posts. .....Trolleum....Take your meds.
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