Let me spell it out for you

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Robert — 6/21/2004 6:44:46 PM (archived)

(Subtitle: Close-captioning for the irony-impaired)

Yes, it is indeed ridiculous to claim that the US government is connected to al Qaeda because one or more Americans are members of al Qaeda.

You see, this is called an "analogy". You latched on to an unconfirmed report that there was an Iraqi member of al Qaeda as if it somehow invalidated the 9/11 Commission's conclusion that there was never any connection between Iraq and al Qaeda, and magically validated all the Bush Administration "misstatements" on the subject. I came up with a closely-parallel assertion to illustrate the embarrassing lack of substance in your assertion. In formal terms:

Iraqi + al Qaeda = Iraq and al Qaeda working together

is equivalent to

American + al Qaeda = America and al Qaeda working together

If the second statement is ridiculous, then so is the first. Get it?

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9/11 Commission says there is a link between Al Qaeda and Iraq. - REB - 6/21/2004 12:10:24 PM
- Link between America and al Qaeda! - Robert - 6/21/2004 5:29:40 PM
  - It's clear the only desperation eperienced is by the left in the attempt to quash any justification for the war. (n/t) - RobVG - 6/21/2004 6:05:07 PM
    - I believe the word you're looking for is "debunk" - Robert - 6/21/2004 6:48:02 PM
  - Now you are getting desperate with a subject heading like that - REB - 6/21/2004 6:04:35 PM
    - Let me spell it out for you - Robert - 6/21/2004 6:44:46 PM
      - re: Let me spell it out for you - REB - 6/21/2004 6:59:15 PM
        
        re: Let me spell it out for you - Robert - 6/21/2004 7:24:48 PM
- Of COURSE there was a link - LJ - 6/21/2004 3:58:06 PM
  - re: Of COURSE there was a link - REB - 6/21/2004 4:38:13 PM
    - fascinating interpretation (n/t) - LJ - 6/21/2004 4:44:42 PM
      - Thank you. - REB - 6/21/2004 4:51:31 PM
        
        spelling things out - LJ - 6/21/2004 5:13:49 PM
        
        re: spelling things out - REB - 6/21/2004 5:52:12 PM
        
        do you work as press liason at the White House? - LJ - 6/21/2004 6:40:47 PM
        
        Nope. I wish I did. - REB - 6/21/2004 7:07:01 PM
- After all this time - one common name, no evidence of cooperation. - Bowser - 6/21/2004 1:27:06 PM
  - I knew you would say that- just one name. - REB - 6/21/2004 3:06:13 PM

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