Andrew Sullivan: READ THE (WMD) REPORT

andrewsullivan.com ^ | 10/03/03 | Andrew Sullivan

[independentmind]

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[maica]

[Lest we forget, one man, an agent for terrorism (like the ones Saddam trained for different organizations visiting Salman Pak) can trasport enough bioweapon in his airliner luggage to wipe out New York or Lost Angesleaze

Whiners complain that there are no WMD and no connection between Al Queda and Saddam. I believe it is most likely that the real actual anthrax that killed real actual Americans and terrorized a whole country originated from Iraq.

The best scenario is that whatever vial of the spores was smuggled in and dispersed might have been Saddam's entire stock of viable stuff. (Wishful thinking!)

Somehow our old media have lost the word anthrax from their vocabulary.

[Fzob]

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[Grampa Dave]

Thanks, this is excellent and has been bookmarked.

[ThePythonicCow]

they will say it is an election ploy and he planted them

Understandable; it's a common human failing to presume that others would act as you would.

[alnick]

I want to gloat, but I just have a sense of relief.

I hope that Kay's research continues to uncover the type of information that we see here, that there was an active program, but that for the most part, there were no stockpiles of chem and bio weapons. I would breath much easier knowing that there's not massive quantities of this stuff that AQ can get its hands on.

There's no doubt that Bush and Blair are vindicated by this report, not that you'd know it by listening to the media.

Even Fox is on the no-WMD-have-been-found bandwagon. I think that for them it's laziness more than bias. It's easier to just run with the pack than to do independent research.

Just this morning I heard Karin CHetry refer to the "fact" that the administration claimed that SH was an imminent threat. Arghhh!!

[alnick]

Thanks for the ping. Very interesting reading.

[alnick]

The left wing hates Sullivan. I hear they are going to out him from the closet! :-)

Oh my gosh! They're going to expose that he's straight?

[boxerblues]

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[ReaganRevolution]

It sure doesn't help when Senator Roberts says he was disappointed by Kay's findings. What was he thinking, what was he listening to?

I agree, he was silly yesterday. I think he expected us to go in and find this stuff resting in huge piles. If what Sullivan says is true, and I believe it is, then Roberts needs to get a grip.

[alnick]

Great column by Sullivan.Those who misquote the president's prewar statement as Rockefeller did today citing "immediate danger"statement to back the war,will not bend.They say imminent and immediate for political reasons and no report will satify them unless we find missiles loaded with poison.

These are the very people who, before the war, made claims that the president was wrong to bring us to war since the threat was not imminent. I would love to see a compilation of pre- and post-war quotes from these people concerning imminence/lack of imminence.

[Lyford]

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[MEG33]

I know the President said he didn't want to wait until the threat was imminent.They misquote him every day,on TV and in the press,implying he said the danger was imminent or immediate.

[The Wizard]

Thank God for AS

[kitkat]

Thanks for this most impressive ping.

[wayoverontheright]

I took the following from the report itself.

Discussions with Iraqi scientists uncovered agent R&D work that paired overt work with nonpathogenic organisms serving as surrogates for prohibited investigation with pathogenic agents. Examples include: B. Thurengiensis (Bt) with B. anthracis (anthrax), and medicinal plants with ricin. In a similar vein, two key former BW scientists, confirmed that Iraq under the guise of legitimate activity developed refinements of processes and products relevant to BW agents. The scientists discussed the development of improved, simplified fermentation and spray drying capabilities for the simulant Bt that would have been directly applicable to anthrax, and one scientist confirmed that the production line for Bt could be switched to produce anthrax in one week if the seed stock were available.

Now, doesn't this add to Laurie Mylroie's theory that the post 9-11 anthrax mailings were Iraqi in origin?

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Very late must-read. Thanks, Pokey. Thank you, Andrew Sullivan.

Translation: Saddam was lying to the U.N. as late as 2002. He was required by the U.N. to fully cooperate. He didn't. The war was justified on those grounds alone. Case closed. Some of the physical evidence still remains, despite what was clearly a deliberate, coordinated and thorough attempt to destroy evidence before during and after the war.

Why was our "news" filled with Wilson leaks, Rush and Arnold attacks yesterday?

Andrew provides links, and did what every free reporter in the civilized world should have done yesterday - read David Kay's report.

 Thanks, Tonkin!

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[wayoverontheright]

I believe it is most likely that the real actual anthrax that killed real actual Americans and terrorized a whole country originated from Iraq.

Me too.

See my post above.

[hobbes1]

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[Valin]

If you think that David Kay's report on Iraqi WMDs can be adequately summarized by idiotic headlines

I always believe everything printed in the paper! They would never lie to us, they never put any spin in their stories.




Of course I am 5 points dumber than a small pile of rocks.