Oct. 6th, 2004 07:26 pm
CIA says No WMD stockpiles in Iraq
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andysocialAccording to the CIA, there were no WMD stockpiles in Iraq at the time of our latest war. *None*
bq. "[Saddam] wanted to end sanctions while preserving the capability to reconstitute his weapons of mass destruction when sanctions were lifted," a summary of the report says.
I'm sure the neocons will take that one line and decide that they were right. We've gone from saying he had weapons, to saying he had weapons programs, to saying he had weapons-related programs. What's the harm in changing that to "the intention to someday once again have weapons-related programs maybe"? What's a little truth and accuracy between ideologues anyway?
bq. "[Saddam] wanted to end sanctions while preserving the capability to reconstitute his weapons of mass destruction when sanctions were lifted," a summary of the report says.
I'm sure the neocons will take that one line and decide that they were right. We've gone from saying he had weapons, to saying he had weapons programs, to saying he had weapons-related programs. What's the harm in changing that to "the intention to someday once again have weapons-related programs maybe"? What's a little truth and accuracy between ideologues anyway?