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Originally Posted by loquitur
I think what he is saying is that if Bush and Blair went in <i>knowing</i> that Saddam didn't have WMDs (which is what "lying" about it would require), then they would have planted some to be "found."
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As inept as Bush is running this thing, I think if he had tried he would have been caught doing it. I think they could have tried but found the press coverage and the world's watching too big a microscope for that. It would require massive movements (easily picked up by sattelites), hiding large amounts of stuff (it would have to be enough to make a point), then directing troops there to find it AND doing this several times in differing locations.
I think Bush went in believing there were WMDs because People high up told him there were and they lied to him. Blair, I think was totally blinded and agreeable and didn't truly check any facts out, he believed W. and W.'s people.
Thus both can be truthful in denying that they knew Saddam didn't have WMDs.
I think the problem now lies in W's knowing but being so committed that he doesn't care what the reasoning or truth is anymore.
As for the Plame business, Libby is a fallguy, but he won't get much of a punishment, he'll get paid secretly well, and he'll write a book that he'll get a few Mill for. Right now, Libby and his lawyer are putting on the show that was expected but in the end, watch Libby confess. Hell, his lawyer will probably write a bokk for a few Mill also. (God, I'm jaded.)