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"Unyielding Belief" Butts Up Against Reality | 45 comments (45 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: "Unyielding Belief" (4.00 / 3)

Susan, I was reading some time ago and read that during the first part of the war, BushCo did try to smuggle some WMD's in Iraq. I just felt it was bru ha ha but when I read further into the article, it was Plame and her old company of Brewster-Jennings that found out and of course the CIA and stopped it from occurring.

I think they tried to plant some but was unsuccessful. I do not know that to be the truth, but it was reported.

As far the the denial of the aids, that is very typical, IMHO. I would not expect anything but denial. That is how they would cope; otherwise, they would all be going out and finding other avenues of making a living.

This is just my opinion, but knowing this administration, anything is going to happen. I really want to know the whole truth on things..no punches pulled. I think America deserves this. Maybe the whole world deserves this, but most of all we do.

by BrendaStewart (stormyweather1@hotmail.com) on Sun Nov 27th, 2005 at 05:24:50 PM EST

Remember too that (4.00 / 4)

the International Press was all over a number of things. For instance:

We didn't let the inspectors finnish their job
We didn't allow UN inspectors back in after "mission accomplished"
The documents that Iraq was trying to obtain uranium from Niger had been exposed as forgeries.
The 'nuclear' aluminum tubes had been debunked by the IAEA and by the US Department of Energy.

And because of the above the International Media was speculating that we might try to plant WMD.

Had some been found there would have been a world wide consensus that they needed to be verified by the UN (Han Blix) - and that was the last thing BushCo wanted. So bottom-line, planting WMD was a very risky proposition.

And even with all that remember when they found the 'Balloon Mobiles' and Bush proclaimed we had found WMD mobile labs - - that were soon discovered to be manufactured by the British for inflating observation balloons(ha ha). Also Bush tried to make a big deal out of a few old spare parts found buried which were from when they did have a nuclear reactor.

So it is not that they didn't try to claim WMD's. They just did it verbally instead of physically.

The article that Brenda read may very well be true as might be this one.

by talex on Sun Nov 27th, 2005 at 06:02:58 PM EST
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I'm reposting Judy's comment .... (none / 0)

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* [new] ONE MORE REASON (none / 0)
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by judybrowni (judybrowni@usa.net) on Sun Nov 27th, 2005 at 07:48:54 PM EDT

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by susanhu (susanhuatearthlinkdotnet) on Sun Nov 27th, 2005 at 09:29:23 PM EST
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Re: "Unyielding Belief" (none / 0)

PS: this is why they went after Val. Wilson, and her husband happened to be the one who was giving the adm. a hard time...;o) Makes sense to me..sortta..

by BrendaStewart (stormyweather1@hotmail.com) on Sun Nov 27th, 2005 at 05:26:07 PM EST
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Re: "Unyielding Belief" (none / 0)

Any chance anyone knows where this was reported? I'd love to see this story....

by qushner (scott/SPLAT!/kushner/ZONK!/duke/BLAM!/edu) on Sun Nov 27th, 2005 at 05:37:08 PM EST
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