11/3 So I was talking to my O'Reilly-watching younger brother last night
about how Dick Cheney was wrong about there being "no doubt" about
Saddam having WMDs or even WMD programs. My brother replied, kind
of emotionally, that Saddam definitely had them, and maybe they were
moved to Iran or Syria or they were still hidden. He said he "knows
how the world works".
I told him about David Kay, who Dubya appointed, who said "We were
almost all wrong"; and the Duelfer report, which concluded there were
no WMDs or WMD programs. I told him Saddam wanted to play by the
rules to lift sanctions, but pretend that he had WMDs to deter other
countries, and that he thought the CIA knew he didn't have them.
I told him as soon as the UN looked away, Saddam would restart his
WMD programs. I told him that Cheney said "We just don't know" about
WMDs being moved to Syria or Iran, since there were trucks spotted
moving across the border with contents unknown. My younger brother
insisted Saddam had weapons. Why? He said again, rather strenuously,
because he "knows how the world works". He sugested that David Kay
is a politician. I said "What motive does he have?" "Maybe to write
a book!" "He's been ostracized. He went in almost certain there were
WMDs. He was hand-picked by Bush. What motive does he have?"
"He's being political." My younger brother "knows how the world
works", and probably voted for Dubya.
\_ My cousin also believes this, because he says be have taped
conversations that Saddam himself believed this. Supposedly there
might have been people in his own government who may have mislead
Saddam, and by extension, the intelligence we gathered.
\_ The problem is that, the Duelfer report notes that the U.S.
has been interrogating Saddam, and he has been forthcoming in
appeals to his vanity. Saddam didn't have them, he wanted
Iran to think he had them, he would rebuild them as soon as
sanctions were lifted and do what he could get away with.
\_ the problem is not your brother, but Fox News that mixes opinions
and facts and distorts views for the right wing agenda. |
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