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Interview with David Kay - "I don't think [stockpiles of biological and chemical weapons] existed"
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Posted on 01/24/2004 8:37:33 AM PST by tallhappy
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Kay states directly and clearly he does not think Iraq has biological and chemical weapon stockpiles.
The left and dems will use this big time to beat the dead BushLied horse.
I heard an audio excerpt of Kay saing this on ABC radio news last night and am surprised nothing was posted on this, unless I missed it.
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posted on
01/24/2004 8:37:35 AM PST
by
tallhappy
To: tallhappy
No, with respect, Kay states that they don't have any
large stockpiles. Who much anthrax does there have to be to be considered a
large stockpile? How about Ricin? Botulinum toxin? Do you need
large stockpiles to kill thousands of people?
I'd just like to know what the meaning of large is, and do small stockpiles mean the weapons are any less deadly?
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posted on
01/24/2004 8:41:33 AM PST
by
mewzilla
To: mewzilla
Who=how
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posted on
01/24/2004 8:42:00 AM PST
by
mewzilla
To: tallhappy
you missed it
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posted on
01/24/2004 8:44:10 AM PST
by
alrea
To: tallhappy
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posted on
01/24/2004 8:45:56 AM PST
by
chance33_98
(I POST NEWS FROM ALABAMA, FLORIDA, OHIO....YEEEEEEEAAAWWWWWW)
To: tallhappy
Bush and most administration officials were very careful about their wording. The NGO's like OSP, AEI, and the INC did most of the distortion of "evidence". Cheney seems the one who's own words could come back on him, but I think he's gone either before or shortly after the election anyway.
I guess the lesson here is to forget anything that doesn't come directly from a named government source if you want accuracy and accountability.
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posted on
01/24/2004 8:47:48 AM PST
by
steve50
("There is Tranquility in Ignorance, but Servitude is its Partner.")
To: mewzilla
I'd just like to know what the meaning of large is, and do small stockpiles mean the weapons are any less deadly? I think that is pretty obvious. Large is enough to do some damage. Small is laboratory quantities for experimentation but not for practical use.
Note that there has not even been small quantities found. Don't you think that it is the WMD story that is the dead horse and the Bush Lied horse is alive and well and being furiously hidden behind the Wizard of Oz's curtain?
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posted on
01/24/2004 8:48:36 AM PST
by
Mike4Freedom
(Freedom is the one thing that you cannot have unless you grant it to everyone else.)
To: tallhappy
Sheesh. Musta been a later night than I thought! I misread the headline as "Danny Kaye" and thought Hillary was channeling again. "Never mind".
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posted on
01/24/2004 8:49:30 AM PST
by
Centaur
(Never practice moderation to excess.)
To: Mike4Freedom
I got news for you :) Small can do a mother of a lotta damage, too. And you don't need a large, sophisticated facility to cook up some of this stuff. And if Saddamn wasn't doing anything in the WMD R&D area, what was with all the equipment and materials he was buying? Yeah, a lot of it was dual use (though you'd have to assume that ALL went to the innocent use if nothing was going on), but some of it was NOT dual use. And could only have been used for one thing: WMDs.
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posted on
01/24/2004 8:53:44 AM PST
by
mewzilla
To: alrea
OK. Can you link to it?
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posted on
01/24/2004 8:54:38 AM PST
by
tallhappy
(Juntos Podemos!)
To: tallhappy
I guess Saddam shold've played his poker hand better.
Bush called him on it, he bluffed, and ended up losing, big time.
Bush should explain that all the evidence pointed to stockpiles, they were led to believe he had them, Saddam WANTED us to think he had them, he has used them, and if there was nothing to hide, why the secrecy after the Gulf War?
It's the intelligence, stupid.
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posted on
01/24/2004 8:56:49 AM PST
by
eyespysomething
(Another American optimist!)
To: steve50
Then why didn't he just let the world inspect freely?? Who cares, except the Rats who are out of power; if there was or wasn't WMDs? We have found hundreds of thousands of bodies we didn't know about. We stopped a killing field for the first time and ridded the world of a miniacal madman. Not to mention liberating a people. That is a great thing.
The really good news is that he may not have made mass quantities to give to his friends.
Does NOW wish the Rape Rooms were still runnning??
Pray for W and The Truth
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posted on
01/24/2004 8:57:52 AM PST
by
bray
(The Wicked Witch of NY and Her (9-6) Flying Monkeys are In Flames!)
To: bray
And if there are WMDs, pray that we find them. Because if they are there and we don't find and destroy all of them...
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posted on
01/24/2004 8:59:33 AM PST
by
mewzilla
To: tallhappy
Also, the tape Powell played at the UN last year, the one where the 2 guys were talking about stuff being moved, making sure it was moved just before the UN inspectors got there, what was that all about.
They were ready to rock-n-roll as soon as the sanctions were lifted.
Bush does need to stay in front on this though, not back-pedaling.
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posted on
01/24/2004 8:59:51 AM PST
by
eyespysomething
(Another American optimist!)
To: tallhappy
large stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons
The above is what he actually said.
I would like to questions asked.
1. Do you think they had small stockpiles?
2. Do you think they had a "just in time" capacity for quickly generating stocks?
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posted on
01/24/2004 9:02:21 AM PST
by
xzins
(Retired Army and Proud of It!!)
To: tallhappy
You know, I heard someone yesterday somewhere give this analogy (paraphrased)....Say there's a guy in your neighborhood who says he has a gun, and he wants to kill your family....YOU do NOT really KNOW if he has a gun, and he hasn't attempted to kill your family lately, but, he sure talks a lot about it, and he has family members saying the same thing....WHAT would YOU DO?
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posted on
01/24/2004 9:04:54 AM PST
by
goodnesswins
(Poverty is more about the "mental" than the "money.")
To: tallhappy
Funny how THE question wasn't asked, eh?
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posted on
01/24/2004 9:06:42 AM PST
by
RandallFlagg
("There are worse things than crucifixion...There are teeth.")
To: Mike4Freedom
I don't think small is laboratory quantities. I think he is saying that the old stockpiles, all of which have not been accounted for, may have been broken up and hidden.
Did anyone see the Kay report the other night on Frontline? They were pulling up to chemical plants, they would be stalled as weapons were driven out the back. They have pic of huge centrifuges for purifying uranium. I wonder if they ever found those.
anyone remember Mansoor Ijaz saying that there was evidence of a family with radiation poisoning they received from trying to smuggle uranium out of Iraq? I would love an update.
To: Lance Romance
Saddam had plenty of time to destroy/hide/move the WMD's he possessed.
Basically the UN footdraggers made the US the marked police car parked in front of the crack house for 8 months prior to the raid.
To: tallhappy
I don't think they existed.
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