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Originally Posted by Larry Gude  ...the parts about compiling large numbers of bio war chemists and about being able to rapidly reconstitute bug programs. We knew darn well he wasn't very far along with any nuke program, for damn sure. Did he have parts? Was he in violation? Sure. This was a case of letting the facts, thin as they were, speaking loudly and denouncing anyone like Blix based on the facts that they did not know for sure, though they were the ones with first hand knowledge up to the latest kick out by Saddam.
This was no Gulf of Tonkin. It was, however, as thin as you could get and still call it gravy. |
We can agree it was thin evidence, and that the idea of nuclear threat was less than it was allowed to be (POTUS didn't say it was any worse than it was, but left it dangling there for people to assume).
But, they were the facts, thin as they were. It wasn't much, but all we had to go on.