[Carry_Okie]

How in the hell are we going to handle such finds in a way that convinces fair-minded people that we didn't plant or fake this when the "international community," that purports to be an "independent judge" of us, has their fingers all over this?

What a mess.

[glock rocks]

bonk.

[Steven W.]

That's one of the ironic & unexpected benefits of having these embedded reporters; there are some assigned to the special forces dedicated to locating WMD.

[over3Owithabrain]

Not too many "fair-minded" people left on the other side, I'm afraid. They are simply not going to believe anything that supports the US/British claims and thwarts their worldview.

[wastoute]

Exactly, the antiAmerica protestors will just claim we planted it. Doesn't help anything. Actually, less than meaningless.

[laz17]

How in the hell are we going to handle such finds in a way that convinces fair-minded people that we didn't plant or fake this

The fact that embedded journalists are seeing these things, and reporting about them, will help.

[Boot Hill]

  "How in the hell are we going to handle such finds in a way that convinces fair-minded people that we didn't plant or fake this?"

Frankly, I don't care about the opinions of the "international community". The fair minded will recognize the truth, the America haters wouldn't be convinced if the truth came to them inscribed on stone tablets (Oh wait, that's already been done).

Besides, if this report is true, that envelope will have come from a very much larger source. When that is found, the skeptics, naysayers and conspiracy theorists will have just too hard a time explaining that away.

--Boot Hill