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June 18, 2004

Knowing In The Future What We Know Now...

Powerline's Deacon asks whether, assuming what we (and by "we" I mean both the Clinton and Bush administrations) know or reasonably believe today about the links between Hussein and international terrorism (including but far from limited to Al Quaeda):

Assume that President Bush received approval from Congress, with strong support from Democrats, to go to war with Saddam but didn't do so (or assume that Bush never considered going to war). Finally, assume that the U.S. is attacked by terrorists who use biological or chemical weapons that Saddam at one time possessed and had the capacity to produce.

Under these circumstances, would Democrats (and bi-partisan commissions) be outraged at President Bush for not overthrowing Saddam's regime?

There are few more important questions.

Posted by Mitch at June 18, 2004 09:21 AM
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Of course they would be outraged. They are outraged that the Bush Administration "did nothing" to prevent 9/11; they are outraged that the Bush Administration "did something" about Saddam; they are outranged about everything, it seems, except the beheading of our citizens by Islamofascists.

Posted by: Pious Agnostic at June 18, 2004 02:02 PM

The Dems are outraged because Bush was tying Al Queada to Iraq when the evidence is not there to support such a connection. No amount of lawyering about exactly what was said can change the fact that this Bush was trying to lead the public to a particular conclusion even though he knew it was not completely true.

For example one Thursday night I went out for sushi and then drank 8 or so alcoholic drinks. I got sick from the alcohol so the next morning I called my boss and told him the following, "I had sushi last night and I really don't feel good today." I knew my boss doesn't like sushi and would find getting sick as the result of my eating it quite plausible. I didn't lie to him per se but I surely led him to a conclusion that was not true.

This is why the Dems are outraged, they don't like being lied to at the cost of hundreds of lives. People in general tend to not like being lied to.

Posted by: Nick Frank at June 19, 2004 03:11 PM
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