[lit-ideas] Re: Hitchens' Hypothetical Iraq War
- From: Robert Paul <robert.paul@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 22:40:50 -0800
Lawrence wrote:
The /Foreign Affairs article
is interesting. I’ve encountered much of this in other articles and
books but there is some new detail here. I subscribe to FA and don’t
yet have the issue this came from. I wasn’t aware that they posted
articles on the net before delivering them to paid subscribers.
Note the Footnote at the end of the article: “For many months after the
fall of Baghdad, a number of senior Iraqi officials in coalition custody
continued to believe it possible that Iraq still possessed a WMD
capability hidden away somewhere (although they adamantly insisted that
they had no direct knowledge of WMD programs) . . .” This isn’t
inconsistent with the statements of General Georges Sada
No, it isn't. Nor is it inconsistent with any number of things. I have
no idea what's meant by saying that these Iraqi officials continued to
believe it 'possible' that Iraq had WMD capability 'hidden away
somewhere' although they 'had no direct knowledge of WMD programs.'
'Yeah, could be,' doesn't strike me as sufficient grounds for a
pre-emptive war.
Robert Paul
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