[logician2u]

. . these same intelligence agencies assured the Clinton and Bush Administrations and the Congress that that Saddam had large stocks of chemical and biological weapons, and that he was on the verge of acquiring nuclear weapons.

You mean there aren't any WMDs in Iraq?

But . . but . . but . .

What am I to make of all the threads on FreeRepublic which say there are, and FReepers who claim the Bush administration is either a) waiting for the proper time to spring it on the opposition for political gain, or b) keeping it under wraps so terrorists won't go looking for what wasn't found and disposed of?

Is it possible (not to mention desirable) to keep an open mind about both the veracity and finality of government reports on subjects with potentially earth-shaking consequences such as these? I think it is.

And one does not need to be a "truther" to be skeptical of the official government line. Their record is far from flawless.

[End Times Crusader]

You mean there aren’t any WMDs in Iraq?

No, because Saddam moved them into Syria.

[Logophile]

Is it possible (not to mention desirable) to keep an open mind about both the veracity and finality of government reports on subjects with potentially earth-shaking consequences such as these? I think it is. . . . And one does not need to be a "truther" to be skeptical of the official government line. Their record is far from flawless.

By all means keep an open mind and maintain a healthy skepticism of the government.

But too many of the so-called truthers have closed their minds to the possibility that the attacks on the Trade Center and the Pentagon really were carried off by nineteen hijackers using box cutters. The truthers cannot imagine that any plan so simple could have succeeded. So they concoct elaborate and improbable conspiracy theories to explain what must have happened.

Sometimes, the simplest explanation really is the best one.