tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17537418.post114240034307066041..comments2013-05-17T18:40:46.327-07:00Bos'unhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01124504233775125820noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17537418.post-1142433564863249612006-03-15T06:39:00.000-08:002006-03-15T06:39:00.000-08:00One of the problems that we have are our senators and congressmen (and congresswomen) who try to undermine the war efforts and our president. In April, 2005, Senator Carl Levin released documents in which he was trying to throw a damp towel on the Iraq - al-Qaeda connection. http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/2005_cr/levin041505.html<BR/><BR/>Good old liberal Carl used some CIA stuff from 2002 and one report from January 2003 that made the wates murky and gave the libs ammunition to blame our President.<BR/><BR/>(We really need term limits on our legislators.)<BR/><BR/>The debate still rages about did Atta meet with Iraqi agents in Prague or not. The folks in Prague say yes. CIA analysts publically are skeptical. Perhaps they are the same folks who did not connect any dots before 9/11.<BR/><BR/>The closing press release from good old Carl indicated, "As a key part of its case for going to war, the Bush Administration repeatedly suggested that Iraq had a significant cooperative relationship with the people who attacked us on 9/11. The documents provide new, previously classified details demonstrating that Administration statements about the Iraq-al Qaeda relationship were not supported by the underlying intelligence. " Good old Carl also released a 46 page report in 10/2004 that mimiced in detail what his press release in 2005 said. http://www.levin.senate.gov/newsroom/supporting/2004/102104inquiryreport.pdf<BR/><BR/><BR/>I say it is political grandstanding by the left leaning members of our Senate to make things so smokey that nobody is going to see the truth.<BR/><BR/><BR/>National Review has a good article that talks about the murky waters and inconsistencies of the 9/11 report:<BR/>http://www.nationalreview.com/mccarthy/mccarthy200406170840.asp<BR/><BR/>We need to dig into the books further and put the spotlight back on getting the truth. I am looking at more dialog for and against.The_Bos'unhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01124504233775125820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17537418.post-1142425876903627742006-03-15T04:31:00.000-08:002006-03-15T04:31:00.000-08:00Good Post Bosun,<BR/>I am glad you cleared up where Casey died. I see Cindy Sheehan's name all the time and it is always followed by "whose son was killed in Iraq" or words to that effect.<BR/><BR/>Some other things people seem not tograsp:<BR/>Al-Qaeda, specifically Osama bin Laden, met with Hussein on several occassions to discuss support. Husseing even tried to buy some expensive diamond for OBL. There were terrorist training camps in Iraq. Regardless of what terrorist group they belong to, they were there. This is the war on TERROR, not Al Qaeda and the President made it clear that we would make no distinction between those who commit terror and those who harbor them. Hussein gave refuge to terrorists who were on the run.<BR/><BR/>As for WMD, at my site there are two articles from Townhall that depict where they went. Hussein sent them to Syria. In addition, the Chinese were building him a nuclear weapon (he did not want to get caught with the components while building his own). This came from one of his top air force generals.<BR/><BR/>Al Qaeda has become a generic term for terrorist in this country. People generally use it to refer to all the terrorists. It is like the use of the word Kleenex to describe all facial tissue.Big Doghttp://onebigdog.netnoreply@blogger.com