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2009-07-16 Iraq

Former civilian senior adviser to Iraqs MoI talks

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Posted by Chaise Glamble5754 2009-07-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 The jaw-dropping delusion and dishonesty and failures of logic and common sense on this issue make it a good representative of the collapse of seriousness on the foreign policy side (we daily add to the domestic examples).

I don't believe the authenticity of the captured memo detailing the visit and meetings with Iraqi intelligence that was (incredibly) published in the NYT was ever challenged. It read like it may have been Zawahiri himself. The Iraqi WMD work with the Sudanese regime then hip-deep involved with the then-resident AQ (incl. OBL his own 'sef) in the 90s. Didn't the (so far incomplete) document exploitation taking place in Qatar already verify a long-standing and serious connection between Iraqi intel and EIJ, which was the major partner in the friendly merger that resulted in the AQ we know and love today?

The stupidity and illogic and dishonesty are too widespread and too constantly manifested to trace or cite. But is there anything more absurd than this dance around the Iraqi Ba'ath regime's involvement with terror outfits of every (useful) strip and flavor?

How do such ridiculous ideas/arguments, such as that pretending that there's some doubt about Iraqi involvement with global terrorism, even survive a day in the public square? Rhetorical question, I know. Just look at the nonsense and insanity (whether on economics, rule of law, the constitution, etc) that crowd that square today.

How do the wrong, the mediocre, the clueless, the dishonorable prevail and prosper?

Posted by Verlaine 2009-07-16 15:36|| 2009-07-16 15:36|| Front Page Top

#2 How do the wrong, the mediocre, the clueless, the dishonorable prevail and prosper? I think George Orwell said something about the corruption of language being a prerequisite for that.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-07-16 21:57|| 2009-07-16 21:57|| Front Page Top

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