Wednesday, January 29, 2003

The Evidence Bush is Withholding Weakens, Not Strengthens the Case for War
"A detailed report in the January 24 Washington Post by Joby Warrick, headlined "U.S. Claim on Iraqi Nuclear Program Is Called Into Question" adds to a growing body of evidence that the Bush
administration is hoarding intelligence information that disproves or weakens the case against Saddam Hussein with respect to banned WMD activities as well as collaboration with al Qaeda on 9-11 and other terrorist activities... The IAEA finds the alibi of the lying, cheat-and-retreat Iraqis far more convincing than the accusation of the plain-spoken, straight-shooting Texan.

"On January 26, party-line Powell repeated the hoary, unproven chestnut of a Saddam-al Qaeda connection in a major address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Later that day, National Public Radio sought comment from Senator Carl Levin (D-Michigan) on Powell's accusation. He dismissed it with contempt, pointing out just how pathetically flimsy was the case the White House made to forty senators just a few days before. Powell's dovish admirers need to face this fact: In an administration dominated by dishonest, unilateral hawks, he does indeed stand apart: He's a dishonest multilateral hawk."

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