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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-25-04 01:28 PM
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Ungaurded explosives: Another LIHOP?
What possible reason could there be for this problem? Are "those in charge" REALLY this incompetent? OR . . .

Does it serve Rumsfeld's objectives to let Iraqis and various imported trouble makers blow each other up? Thusly demonstrating the necessity of accepting our puppets in the region.
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killbotfactory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-25-04 01:35 PM
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1. I think they wanted people to get WMD
They left nuclear sites, and explosive stockpiles unguarded. There is no excuse for that.

I believe that they thought the use of WMD's in the war would have "justified" our invasion in the eyes of the world. And France pledged to join the fight if they were found, IIRC.

Unfortunatly, Saddam destroyed his WMD's, and we alienated the world and dove headlong into a guerilla war with no end in sight and no help on the way.
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-25-04 01:43 PM
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2. "no end in sight" Yep, with 35% of Iraqi population boycotting
the January vote, as directed by their Sunni clerics, the word "quagmire" takes on more concrete meaning.
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