In a perfect world...

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Mary Anne — 12/11/2006 2:58:32 AM (archived)

...our Executive Branch would not be taking the word of opportunistic exiles who its own intelligence agencies didn't trust.

That's the kind of gut feeling I was referring to.

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Exit Strategy - ER - 12/2/2006 2:12:23 PM
- Saudi Arabian nuclear programme - Adam Bomber - 12/5/2006 7:06:47 PM
  - Have not the Saudis been working on their bomb for some time now? (n/t) - Alan G. Archer - 12/6/2006 9:48:43 PM
    - Off & On - Adam bomber - 12/6/2006 10:13:23 PM
- The biggest flaw in American armchair strategic analysis... - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/4/2006 2:45:35 AM
  - A cost benefit analysis does not end when you hit the first benefit (n/t) - alcaray - 12/4/2006 9:54:27 PM
    - It does when it's that big. (some more MEAT for those who think!) - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/5/2006 9:12:55 AM
      - Not so much meat at all! - alcaray - 12/5/2006 6:28:05 PM
      - Wait a minute... - Mary Anne - 12/5/2006 2:23:15 PM
        
        You have a very good point... - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/5/2006 6:37:08 PM
        
        re: You have a very good point... - alcaray - 12/5/2006 7:09:44 PM
  - I look forward to the news that you have left your armchair... - Mary Anne - 12/4/2006 1:16:16 PM
    - We all enlisted on 9/11 - Adam Bomber - 12/5/2006 7:10:24 PM
      - Still letting other people connect the dots for you? - Mary Anne - 12/6/2006 4:13:07 PM
        
        "Criminal" attacks. - TB - 12/6/2006 7:04:24 PM
        
        It's astounding how often your arguments boil doen to "It's BDS" (n/t) - Tony - 12/7/2006 6:11:33 PM
        
        re: BDS - TB - 12/7/2006 10:03:16 PM
        
        So you think they were not criminal? - Mary Anne - 12/6/2006 10:33:09 PM
      - really? - I Cognito - 12/6/2006 5:13:47 AM
    - That's not worthy of you. - TB - 12/4/2006 9:51:07 PM
      - You're right. I *should* behave better than Tech. - Mary Anne - 12/4/2006 11:01:30 PM
        
        I'm sorry if I offended MA - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/5/2006 2:40:06 AM
        
        Venezella needs to buy a nuke from North Korea! - Adam Bomber - 12/5/2006 7:12:31 PM
  - PS - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/4/2006 3:58:12 AM
- Is all this going to be before or after Iran detonates their first nuke? - TB - 12/2/2006 10:55:05 PM
  - re:Who is the monster, in the Iraqi's current viewpoint? - Raoul - 12/3/2006 12:23:41 AM
    - Well, that point sailed right over your head. (n/t) - TB - 12/3/2006 1:56:22 AM
      - Perhaps; please, put yourself at least once in Iraqis' shoes (n/t) - Raoul - 12/3/2006 10:34:20 AM
  - "Withdrawal from Iraq will simply lead to a far worse conflict down the road." - ER - 12/2/2006 11:36:51 PM
    - Just out of curiosity... - TB - 12/3/2006 1:55:32 AM
      - restore services in a few months... - alcaray - 12/4/2006 11:54:20 PM
      - re: Just out of curiosity... - ER - 12/3/2006 4:41:56 AM
        
        clap clapity claptiy clap clap clap (n/t) - tony - 12/3/2006 12:42:17 PM
        
        Good answer. - TB - 12/3/2006 5:18:03 AM
        
        re: Good answer. - gbaikie - 12/5/2006 2:41:15 AM
        
        re: Good answer. - gbaikie - 12/5/2006 3:12:58 AM
      - re: Just out of curiosity... - Mary Anne - 12/3/2006 2:30:02 AM
        
        Silly projections - TB - 12/3/2006 3:23:27 AM
        
        Justice does not permit punishment based on what someone might do. - Mary Anne - 12/3/2006 5:15:54 AM
        
        Read the Congressional resolution on Iraq - TB - 12/3/2006 5:22:57 AM
        
        But the big one is this one. - Mary Anne - 12/3/2006 5:53:41 AM
        
        The time period under discussion is post Gulf War - TB - 12/3/2006 6:13:23 AM
        
        The accusation under discussion is a positive assertion that had not been confirmed by an international agency. - Mary Anne - 12/3/2006 1:54:46 PM
        
        Same Arguement Used For Inaction On Global Warming - M.A.E. - 12/8/2006 3:10:53 AM
        
        Thousands of people ought not to be maimed or killed to support someone's gut feeling. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 12/9/2006 12:55:30 PM
        
        Sure In A Perfect World - M.A.E. - 12/11/2006 2:38:51 AM
        
        In a perfect world... - Mary Anne - 12/11/2006 2:58:32 AM
        
        And that is the exact same argument advanced by tobacco companies for 50 years. (n/t) - alcaray - 12/8/2006 4:44:45 PM
        
        ??? - M.A.E. - 12/8/2006 8:32:24 PM
        
        re: ??? - alcaray - 12/9/2006 7:18:40 PM
        
        re: The accusation under discussion is a positive assertion that had not been confirmed by an international agency. - gbaikie - 12/5/2006 3:32:28 AM
- re: Iran = China in the 70's? - Raoul - 12/2/2006 5:25:24 PM
  - What would have happened if aliens came down and forcibly graced Europe with democracy when it was going through the Reformation? - alcaray - 12/6/2006 7:35:17 PM
  - re: Iran = China in the 70's? - ER - 12/2/2006 5:52:59 PM
    - So after the fall of Vietnam...just how many people died in the killing fields of SE Asia? - Adam Bomber - 12/5/2006 7:21:01 PM
      - The killing fields of Cambodia - ER - 12/6/2006 12:34:00 AM
    - re: History - Raoul - 12/2/2006 10:13:56 PM
- I couldn't have said it better. - azstrummer - 12/2/2006 5:11:15 PM

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