Posted on 12/22/2005 10:01:53 PM PST by neverdem
That's my take as well. Even though they've translated only 2%, you can be sure they were not translated randomly. They've pretty much got all that's there and while circumstantially an argument, a good argument, can be made, that is not good enough for the press. They would require a smoking A-bomb, or maybe two, in case the first was just a fluke.
I doubt it. Then again, it's said Bush wasknown as the best poker player at Yale.
Read tomorrow BUMP!
I think one reason the Bush Administration is not making the case for the Iraq war is there is not much advantage in do it at this time. The people who support the war today vastly out number those who do not. These reports are unlikely to sway liberals who believe all war is wrong and Bush's war doubly so. Moderates are not watching news and conservatives already support Dubya or oppose the war for reasons of a conspiracy of freemasons, communists, corporations, media, and all but a handful of politicians.
Taken to an extreme I'm not sure I would want irrefutable proof that WMD exist in Iraq, or the DNA remain of Bin Laden, if I was fighting this war. The vindication would be nice, but it would lead to an backhanded apology and a demand by the UN and our good allies France, Germany, Syria, and Saudi Arabia to get involved with reconstruction. Because of the unpopularity of the war outside of the US the terrorist have less access to the future of the Middle East.
I think these reports will be much more effective and convincing coming from the democratically elected government of Iraq. Maybe in about 10 months in an official report from Iraq intelligence a couple days before Saddam is executed.
From time to time, Ill ping on noteworthy articles about politics, foreign and military affairs. IMHO, it's been more interesting lately. FReepmail me if you want on or off my list.
If you talk to a liberal and site facts they just plug their ears and start screaming. They need someone they can trust i.e. katie couric or dan rather you know someone like that to tell them, otherwise they wont listen.
Even before Iraq has faded from memory, all eyes are on Iran. We will mix American bases on both sides and ships and subs to the south with the paranoia of Mahmood Ahmadinejad. If he screws up and gives us an excuse Iran will be liberated by force. I bet he does nothing but rant until internal pressures replace him for his inaction with a kookier martyr. One who is more likely to give us the excuse we need.
If that takes too long I'm sure an opportunity to advance the WOT has already been laid out. I might go with a strategy that has proved successful already. Just like Iraq Dubya might hint at it in the SOTU. He and his administration could begin making the charges against Iran. The old media, the UN, and the rats will shriek and declare Dubya a madman bent of global domination. The rats will demand Dubya consult them and the President will merely say he has the authority to act as Command in Chief. This will push the rats over the cliff. Stories will leak of troop movements and the military will verify without explanation.
At the hight of the rat and media hysteria, I would reveal irrefutable proof of WMD in Iraq if I had it. Preferably found by the Iraq military.
Then in a prime time address to Congress, the President would calmly lay out a convincing presentation for the next phase of the WOT. He will ask Congress for it's approval. The rats will be screwed again. If they capitulate they lose their base voters, and they lose moderate voters when they obstruct. However when they lose their base they also lose their donors so they will choose political suicide over financial suicide. Dubya will ask the American people to give him a Congress who will work with him.
This point might actually be a better time to reveal any secret proof of WMDs.
Once Dubya gets approval from Congress, he then talks to the UN and tells them he has all the authority he needs. He is going to defend America and there are only 2 things they can do.
1. nothing
2. like it
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1543035/posts
Islamist state in Europe?
By Jeffrey T. Kuhner
Published December 18, 2005
The Bush administration has decided to get involved in another dangerous nation-building project -- in the volatile Balkans.
More ominously, the effects of this intervention will lay the groundwork for an Islamist state in the heart of Europe.
Recently, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and the leaders of Bosnia's three main groups -- Muslims, Serbs and Croats -- met in Washington to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Dayton Accords, which ended Europe's worst bloodletting since 1945. The administration should have limited itself to a symbolic remembrance. Instead, it pressured Bosnia's political representatives to sign an agreement demanding constitutional reforms by early next year. The plan seeks to establish a centralized, unitary republic dominated by a strong government in Sarajevo. The ultimate goal is to forge a more cohesive state that will finally eradicate the country's ethnic divisions. Bosnia's current political system, with its rotating tripartite presidency, parallel administrations and vast bureaucracy, is neither rational nor efficient. Reform is needed. The American-backed plan, however, is a recipe for disaster. It is a form of radical social engineering that will have to be imposed against the wishes of the country's Serb and Croat populations.
More importantly, it will pave the way for potentially turning Bosnia into Europe's first Islamic republic. This will destabilize not only the Balkans, but the entire European continent.
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Yes, I think so. There are hundreds of cases against Saddam Hussein. The vollies have just begun.
Freema -- thank you for this ping and remembering my interest in this matter! It is a topic that fascinates me.
I had long assumed the administration was holding their cards closely for some strategic reason. After an interview by an administration official and the description of that interview by a few freepers, I started to worry the administration doesn't understand the importance of releasing this kind of information.
It's a mystery and one I hope is solved in my lifetime. Anyway, I've sent this to my e-mail and will put it in with the rest of my files later on today after I re-read it and decide how to title it so I can find it again quickly.
Thanks again!
It's very "possiblistic". ;-)
I wonder if the Administration thinks these documents were also forged by Plame & Co., like the Niger documents intended to "poison the well".
One of the reasons any data is being withheld is very simple:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1545931/posts
Russia to take Syria's side if conflict with U.S. arises - Russian MPs
RNA ^
Posted on 12/23/2005 4:57:59 AM PST by MARKUSPRIME
Russia will take Syria's side if charges against Syrian officials with involvement in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri cause a conflict between the United States and Syria, two Russian parliamentary members said Tuesday.
"If Russia is to choose between its two strategic allies, it will undoubtedly take Syria's side," said Shamil Sultanov, a coordinator of an inter-faction association, Russia and the Islamic World: A Strategic Dialogue."
We are hearing about possible cruise missiles from a former USSR satellite being shipped to Iran via Russia.
I can tell you why. Because the LSM will spike it and it won't get out anyway.
Bush is playing his cards close to his chest. He can very well bring alot of this out in his SOTU address, when the entire world is watching.
If 1/10 of what has happened since the first trade center bombing in 93 got out into the MSM, the Democrats would never win another local, state or national election.
President Bush is playing Texas Hold'em and winning.
You're welcome, easy to remember as I have the same fascination (and hope)!
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