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Originally Posted by roachboy
is there ANY level of information, ANY level of proof that would persuade you to re-examine your position relative to this administration and its war?
if yes, then what might that be?
if no, then how is this a debate?
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so is there any standard that you have that you apply to this kind of interaction, any amount of information that you would accept as falsifiying your position?
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Yes. I would believe that President Bush deliberately misled the public regarding the case for war in Iraq if the majority of people who saw the same intelligence he did opposed authorizing him to use military force. It would be sufficient to convince me if you could show one, or both, of the following two things to be true:
1. The majority of Senators, preferably including at least one Republican, who saw the exact same intelligence report as the President, decided to vote against authorizing the President to use military force against Iraq.
2. The President did not supply any Senators or Congressmen with the full classified report that he used to support his case for war.
That is my standard for falsification of my position.
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