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Skriven 2016-04-12 07:42:43 av Lee Lofaso (2:203/2)
  Kommentar till text 32428 av Earl Croasmun (1:261/38.0)
Ärende: Belgium Releases Terrorist
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Hello Earl,

 >> David's point was that none of the hijackers were from Iraq.

 EC> His point was that all of the hijackers and all of the arrangers of the
 EC> attacks were Saudi.

His *main* point was that none of the hijackers were from Iraq.

 >> There were four pilots - one Eygptian and three Saudis.
 >> Marwan al-Shehhi was not one of the pilots, having been
 >> from the Union of Arab Emirates (UAE).

 EC> So simple that even Wikipedia will suffice. He was "was the hijacker-pilot
 EC> of United Airlines Flight 175, crashing the plane into the South Tower of
 EC> the World Trade Center as part of the September 11 attacks." Or Time
 EC> magazine: "Marwan al-Shehhi, a native of the United Arab Emirates, took
 EC> over the controls of United Airlines Flight 175, the second plane that
flew
 EC> into the World Trade Center. "

 >> "I know those stockpiles of WMD exist in Iraq!" - GWB

 EC> A made-up quote.

Could have been.  And I wouldn't doubt it if it was.  There were
so many quotes that were made, or attributed to have been by, GWB
that there is no way of knowing for sure if he actually did say
that.  What I could find reliable sources for, GWB used a past
tense rather than active tense in describing Iraq's WMD program.
That way, he had plausible deniability if his opponents claimed
he was lying about something.

 EC> I don't know if he used such certainty, since in his Cincinnati speech he
 EC> argued that "we cannot wait for the final proof -- the smoking gun." Al
 EC> Gore was a bit more certain than that: "We know that he has stored secret
 EC> supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country." Going
 EC> back into the late 90s, many people around the world were equally certain.

GWB made a lot of assertions, but not giving or showing any proof.
Americans were mad, and wanted revenge for what was done on 9-11.
Saddam Hussein was thumbing his nose at us, and the world, and
made for an easy foil.  We would use `shock and awe' to bring the
evil dictator to his knees, then march into Iraq where Iraqis
would welcome us with open arms, showering us with flowers along
the way ...

"We found the weapons of mass destruction."
- GWB, 5/29/2003
http://thinkprogress.org/iraq-timeline/

"Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be somewhere!"
- GWB, 3/25/2003
http://politicalhumor.about.com/b/a/074838.htm

--Lee

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