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2003-08-12 Iraq

Al-Qaeda chief told us Iraq supplied WMD material: US

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Posted by Steve 2003-08-12 10:32:58 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I've heard GW's ranch refered to as the Texas White House. Usually accompanied by a thinly disguised sneering tone.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-8-12 11:48:28 AM|| 2003-8-12 11:48:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Seems I remember LBJ getting us bogged down in a quagmire in Vietnam. Something about micromanagement by the White House down to grunts in the field. OF course, LBJ knew about as much about running a counter-guerilla war as I do about singing soprano.

Bush's "Western White House" is usually referred to as "the Ranch" in Crofford. Of course, Bush is a Republican, whereas LBJ was a dyed-in-the-wool tax-and-spend Democrat, so of COURSE he got better reporting from our "unbiased" media "elite".

Now I need to go wash my mouth out with disinfectant. I'll be back in a few minutes...

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-8-12 12:06:48 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-8-12 12:06:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 well one reason not to go to the screaming headlines is that we don't know whether Al Q's definition of chem and bio weapons is the same as ours. Another is that the assistance from Iraq might have been minimal (consisting of blueprints and inferior quality materials

Posted by mhw 2003-8-12 1:46:38 PM|| 2003-8-12 1:46:38 PM|| Front Page Top

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