[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

Okay, I understand your position better now, and I generally agree. Let's just not be hasty.

Example: It's been reported that Russia might have helped Saddam spirit his WMDs to Syria. That might well have happened. It might, in fact, have happened with our knowledge and approval, but for a hundred reasons we might not want that broadcast at this time.

For sure, let's get the more illuminating documents out there, but at a time of our choosing. How about: get the review done in time for the midterm elections?

[Enchante]

I don't think we disagree, then. I'm only in favor of a sensible and carefully weighed series of releases, not some mindless dump of docs. If we did have knowledge of Russia moving WMDs and perhaps even approved of it so that our troops would not be put at additional risk, then I can understand why we might not rush to embarrass Russia. If, on the other hand, we are only protecting Russia because of very nominal cooperation in the War on Terror (which is greatly in their self-interest due to the problems in Chechnya, etc.) then I'd be far less inclined to keep protecting Russia from any embarrassment.

I do worry that it's mainly a combination of bureaucratic inertia and rampant butt-covering CYA by hack Clintonista bureaucrats burrowed into the agencies that has caused most of the intransigence on this issue, but I hope that Negroponte and others will finally recognize that the damage to our government's credibility has been severe and is itself a grave national security problem (since we now face far greater challenges than before to mobilizing domestic and international support for any serious actions against WMDs and in the War on Terror, etc.).

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Russia might have helped Saddam spirit his WMDs to Syria.

IIRC, I have a couple of bookmarked articles on just that. If you'd like to see them, tell me, I'll dig 'em out for you.

[maine-iac7]

Russia might have helped Saddam spirit his WMDs to Syria

Don't I remember Colin Powell showing satellite photos of the truck convoy going from Iraq to Syria etc etc - what became of that? Not to mention the testimony and book of one of Saddam's scientists that says some went via truck convoy, come via air lift to Damascus - on way to Lebanon???Why is the MSM and the lobs squashing this