From: "Robert Comer" 

> And there were intelligent people who said that there *were*.  Even the
> Patron Saint of Inspections had declared his dissatisfaction with Saddam's
> report on the topic.  We also knew he HAD them at some point because he'd
> used them on his own people.

But he also said that he didn't believe Saddam had any WMD's and he wanted
to take the time to prove that.

--
Bob Comer


"Gary Wiltshire"  wrote in message
news:op.sy545cwieipai0{at}news.barkto.com...
> On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 19:21:19 -0400, Bill Lucy 
> wrote:
>
>> In article , nomail{at}hotmail.com says...
>>> > So your defense of Bush's dissembling is now
"everyone does it"?
>>>
>>> Not at all. The intelligence (both ours and others) said there WMD, both
>>> before and after Bush was elected.
>>
>> That's funny.
>>
>> There were quite a few intelligent people saying there weren't any WMD,
>> *including* people in the "intelligence" community.
>>
>
> And there were intelligent people who said that there *were*.  Even the
> Patron Saint of Inspections had declared his dissatisfaction with Saddam's
> report on the topic.  We also knew he HAD them at some point because he'd
> used them on his own people.
>
> Add to this, YOUR side in the press was screaming the first week or so of
> the war that we were going to take tens of thousands of casualities when
> Saddam turned those WMDs on our troops.  Whether Saddam had disposed of
> them already, or had sent them to Syria, etc., he made the best pretense
> of having them he could.  When a man pretends to wave a gun around, only
> the most pathetic weep for him when he is shot.
>
> --
> Gary Wiltshire

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