On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 01:05:09PM -0500, Bato001 at aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 02/10/2005 12:23:19 PM Eastern Standard Time, > philiph at slac.stanford.edu writes: > snippage to detoppost] > > In particular more troops would have allowed us to secure the weapons > depots which have fueled the insurgency. Given the WMD justification > for the invasion, this failure to secure the depots strikes me as > unconscionable. > >who says the weapons came from inside? Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia--Iraqs > >borders are so insecure North Korea could be shipping nuclear bombs into the > >country. But they weren't. Everyone agrees on this point now...there were no WMDs in Iraq. Even the latest US inspectors. Even the current administration. The fact that a portion of the American public still believes there were WMDs is a greater condemnation of the American public than the administration. -Jot -- Jot Powers <books at bofh.com> http://www.bofh.com/books/ "I'm upping my standards, so up yours!" -Pat Paulsen (1927-1997), Presidential Campaign Slogan