i was responding to some of the claims made on this thread which involve speculation about the actual meaning of this specific document (as opposed to the translation of the words in the document).
saddam apparently modeled himself consciously on stalin. all of the people working closely with saddam would probably know basic stalinist disinformation techniques. anybody could have written this document for any purpose.
i think it makes a lot of sense to translate such documents. however, it isn't me that's running ahead on this--i think the claims made about the meaning of the document are running ahead.
what seems weird to me is that people seem to think they know what this document really means. there seem to be all sorts of possible interpretations, and i think that trying to claim that a specific interpretation is the correct one, is jumping ahead of the evidence.
What would it take for you to decide what the correct interpratation is?
Even if one document alone does not constitute a 'smoking gun', piles upon piles upon piles surely has to count for something eh?
I honestly think the pile is growing so deep that even the most doubtful will soon have to admit that things are looking pretty bleak for ole Saddam and the anti Bush crowd.
Declared is the key my friend. Always has been since Saddam agreed to 687.....April 6 1991 IIRC.