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Betsy — 1/10/2004 7:59:45 PM (archived)

There is precedent for that: our Civil War, for one. In his first inaugural address Lincoln declared he had no interest in nor did he wish to interfere with the institution of slavery. He stated this several times during the war .. until he realized he needed a galvanizing "reason" to keep his troop fighting, keeping the union together wasn't enough. It was then that the other "reason" for the war took root: to free the slaves. Several presidents have done this tap dance midstream. It is nothing new.

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Iraq's Arsenal Was Only on Paper - Donald - 1/8/2004 3:23:49 PM
- Frankly, I find it hard to believe that all of Saddam Hussein's posturing with the weapons inspectors was for show. - David F Mayer - 1/9/2004 12:09:46 AM
- Misleading headline, and not the real point of the article. - Tom Brosz - 1/8/2004 6:50:57 PM
  - re: Nuclear weapons - Raoul - 1/8/2004 9:02:48 PM
  - Nonsense - S - 1/8/2004 7:14:24 PM
    - re: Nonsense - McFly - 1/8/2004 9:34:25 PM
      - UN inspectors, mass graves - S - 1/8/2004 10:07:31 PM
        
        Hate to bust your bubble yet again... - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2004 2:10:15 AM
        
        Thanks to you too, Tom (n/t) - McFly - 1/9/2004 3:15:17 PM
        
        Thanks S...printed a bunch of stuff from your links to read tonight (n/t) - McFly - 1/8/2004 10:36:58 PM
    - "The Lie Factory" - S - 1/8/2004 9:25:41 PM
    - And this... - S - 1/8/2004 9:21:50 PM
      - What the CEIP used to think... - Tom - 1/9/2004 2:25:40 AM
        
        Small link problem - Tom Brosz - 1/10/2004 12:37:56 AM
        
        Nice try - S - 1/9/2004 7:38:40 PM
        
        How would you know it was a nice try? - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2004 9:32:47 PM
        
        re: How would you know? - S - 1/9/2004 11:12:15 PM
        
        re: How would you know?...actually.. - Betsy - 1/10/2004 7:59:45 PM
        
        re: Nothing new - S - 1/12/2004 6:08:44 PM
        
        "And who will tell the people.......?" - Lindy - 1/10/2004 9:21:46 AM
        
        "And who will tell the people.......?" - Lindy - 1/10/2004 9:21:24 AM
        
        Bush convinced the CEIP? - Tom Brosz - 1/10/2004 12:32:46 AM
        
        Interesting document found while browsing CEIP site - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2004 2:58:21 AM
- Meanwhile: 8 Die in U.S. Copter Crash in Iraq - Donald - 1/8/2004 3:28:13 PM

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