Posted on 01/15/2003 6:10:18 PM PST by MadIvan
White House officials have reassured Republicans by signalling that America and Britain are prepared to release powerful intelligence evidence to cement the case for war against Iraq.
Andy Card, the White House chief of staff, and Karl Rove, President George W Bush's chief political strategist, have each indicated privately that the administration has proof that Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction.
Mr Card received blunt warnings from conservative Republican senators last week that Mr Bush had to produce a much more concrete case for war if he hoped to keep public support.
Senator Kit Bond of Missouri said more information should be released and asked: "What is the connection between Iraq and al-Qa'eda?" According to sources at the private meeting, Mr Card is understood to have urged him: "Don't worry."
Mr Rove is believed to have used similar language during private briefings to politicians in Washington.
He strongly suggested that the Bush administration already possesses a piece of intelligence from the CIA or MI6 that would amount to the "smoking gun" critics are calling for.
Contrary to what pundits think, Bush is indeed extremely careful. However he has a knack of making the opposition believe he is bluffing when he is not..
That's a commonly held misconception. No such technology exists to detect earthbound radioactive sources from orbit or high altitude overflight.
--Boot Hill
Thats what nuclear weapons are for. Instant annihilation. No truths or falsehoods to decipher. But clearly, Bush is doing far more then just ratcheting the pressure up on Saddam. He is placing far more military assets into the region then is required to conquer Iraq. It looks like 150,000 just from the US. Thats one large badass army. Have you seen any of the videos of Saddams recent Military parades. Its hard to look at his 'military personnel' without laughing. You are correct in noting however that the UN charade and the delayed build up are being slowed for some reason. BTW - The possible Iraq and Anthrax connection was finally talked about in the mass media. Better late then never I suppose.
So, hope your side cements the case, Ivan!
You can thank Jeffords for that. It was because we lost control of the Senate.
And for Bush, getting the testing mandated and started and the disaggregation of results mandated was the crux of the matter. Once the truth is known and published and widely available, people can act on it.
It's a FReeper idea.
Does anyone know which family member this pressure is coming from?
Who cares. The UN is totally irrelevant. Do what is right and damn who gets in the way.
Regards, Ivan
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If only.
Regards, Ivan
Perhaps Dr. Hamza was wise enough to gather evidence?
You're presuming she has the intelligence to attempt discourse in any other manner. Given the evidence, that seems unlikely.
Regards, Ivan
OTOH, it may be that the "planned" visit is disinformation. However, with the interim report by Blix to the UN coming around January 27 or 28, and President Bush's promise to France and Russia not to go code red until the weapons inspectors got back for report,--i.e. got out of the way of the bombs, I don't believe we'll see the skies light up till after the 31st.
And I think that President Bush will tread water at the State of the Union speech on the 20th, just saying the usual and something cryptic that will let us tealeaf readers know what the deal is. The timing of the SOTU speech is unfortunate in regard to Iraq, but a duty to be done at the time prescribed by the Constitution.
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