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Originally posted by roachboy
it seems that the attempt to derive wider implicatsion from this single shell have dropped away evenin the conservative press. these attempts seemed to me ridiculous from the outset.
the logical problems with trying to use this story to vindicate the bushwar are legion, overwhelming---i imagine that the folks at the helm would have loved--just loved--to find somewhere, at some level, a vindication of their actions in principle (it would certainly take the focus off the corrosive torture stories....) and would have happily grabbed this story and ran with it had it held up to any scrutiny. it is interesting to see the conservative press being used as a lab for media trial balloons---and a bit depressing to watch people take those ballooons as other than they are.
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Actually I don't think "those at the helm" are looking for vindication. They believe they acted properly in invading Iraq and lots of people agree with them (as do I). The story was not solely reported by "conservative press" and the reason it has been backed off is that the initial reports that the shell had already been verified beyond field tests were wrong.