Disregarding my overall thoughts about this whole issue, my immediate reaction to this was “Ok, so let’s hear it.” I expected that ‘revealed truth’ to be immediately disseminated. Now it’s 4 days later, and there’s been nothing (concrete) further. So I have a few questions, and was wondering what people’s takes were on these. And from both sides of the issue. I have my thoughts about the answers to below, but am eager to hear all answers.
Doesn’t Bush saying he WILL reveal the truth imply that he hasn’t already? Otherwise, wouldn’t he have said “we already have revealed the truth”?
Disregarding the implications of the above question, shouldn’t Bush’s statement be immediately acted upon by the administration? Given the fact that they have had months/years to gather this ‘truth’, wouldn’t we then assume that it should be ready to be revealed, immediately? Why wait even a day?
Further to #2, doesn’t every day of delay after Bush’s statement give more ammunition to the idea that the administration is still hunting to gather further information so they can ‘reveal the truth’?
And finally, what does this say about what the truth was 3 months ago? Shouldn’t that have been the full ‘truth’? And if it was, why is the administration acting so defensively (IMHO)?
Let’s try and keep the insults to a minimum. Have at it, then
This quote from the article might be of interest to those who argue that the WMDs must be there because many were unaccounted for:
“This does not necessarily mean that such items could not exist. They might. There remain a long list of items unaccounted for,” Blix said. “But it is not justified to jump to the conclusion that something exists just because it was unaccounted for.”
Apparently, the inspectors were forced to leave by the pending U.S. invasion before they were able to determine the truth of the matter.
The last big time they left (1998) was also because they were recalled to make way for a bombing run. Funny syncroncity.
Bush has said, in Poland, that they found both weapons making materials, AND weapons. What is he talking about? I guess we’ll find out, hopefully soon: though someone should inform him that, if he’s reffering to the hope that they WILL find something later on, his statement about finding weapons would not thereby be proved correct.
