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The defectors and other sources went unidentified. The audiotapes were uncorroborated, as were the photo interpretations. No other supporting documents were presented. Little was independently verifiable.

Still, in the United States, Powell's sober speech was galvanizing, swinging opinion toward war. "Compelling," "powerful," "irrefutable" were adjectives used by both pundits and opposition Democratic politicians.

AP just can't help themselves. The war hasn't been finished for six months and they are complaining about things taking too long.

And why are they quoting Blix. The guy was a buffoon that was played for a sucker by the Iraqis on several occassions.

I love the way the press is ignoring (almost to the point of press embargo) Clinton Administration
official Kenneth Pollack (sp?).
He made just about the best case for going into Iraq before Operation Iraqi Freedom
and the best explanation of why we probably WON'T find much in the way of bio/chem WMD
(because Saddam was set-up to make them RAPIDLY at the first sign that the world
wasn't watching).

What amazes me about the liberal mind is the sheer volume of intellectual diarrhea they commit to their collective memory banks and then the hypocrisy of how they digest as well as regurgitate that information...The moment I want to complement some liberals for their intelligence, this happens.

The rationalization that is going on to exsponge Saddam of crimes is amazing. The statement "No SCUD type missiles have been found" is an outright lie. We know Saddam had SCUDs and Al-Somuds that were banned from his posession...and that also had extended range that was prohibited by the UN. I also read a report that Saddam had imported Chinese missiles that were prohibited. While some people minimize the gas centrifuge found in the scientists backyard...becasue it was from 1991, they ignore the blatant violation and the fact that he said he was ordered to hide it until the sanctions were lifted. They also ignored the 30 Mig-25's, that have been buried for over a decade. If they can hide these planes for that long, hiding a few dozen containers of B/C weapons would be a piece of cake. And if these two trailers are as anocuous (sp) as the AP would lead us to believe, then why did Saddam keep them hidden from the inspectors? Give me a break! It wasn't until 1995...after having inspectors in Iraq since 1991, that the UN/US found the mother-lode, only after having been led to it by a defector. Before that happened, the UN was just about to give Saddam a clean bill of health. These people are intentionaly ignoring and lying about prohibited items that have "already" been found.

"...President Bush's credibility has come under attack because he cited, in his State of the Union address, a British report that Iraq tried to buy uranium from Niger...."

W never used the word "Niger" in his state of the union address. He said source was from "Africa." Can't these people get the quote right?