A Weblog of Centrist Voices in American Politics
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October 29, 2004Qaqaa Is Not The IssueThe photos shown in the New York Times taken by embedded reporters which clearly show Qaqaa on the boxes would seem to put to rest the charge that the liberal media has created a fake story. The real question is the relevance of this story, and it's been my position from the first that this is a relatively minor screw-up, and not a voting issue. An article in the Washington Post puts it into perspective.
This to me is inexcusable. I can understand the desire to rush to Baghdad, and end the war as soon as possible. I can understand bypassing ammo dumps containing conventional explosives. But the key reason for the war is the threat that Iraq posed, and that potential threat was embodied in the WMD programs. What justification could there be for failing to secure suspected WMD sites, and possibly allowing biotoxins or nuclear material to fall into the hands of terrorists? We're lucky there seem to have been no WMD's, because if there were, Zarqawi would probably have them, and would no doubt transfer them to his godfather, Osama bin Ladin. Posted by rickheller at October 29, 2004 12:33 AMComments
This repeats a comment to Marc's most recent post, but here it is again: "Maybe we could have a daily Al-Qaqaa thread. I, for one, am annoyed that we have become, for all practical purposes, a single issue blog as we approach Election Day." That said, I have agreed 100% with Rick's comments on this matter over the last several days. Posted by: Todd Pearson at October 29, 2004 12:56 AMRick, that boxes of munitions at the Al QaQaa munitions plant have Al QaQaa stamped on them isn't much of a proof of anything, except that they might have actually manufactured and boxed munitions there.... But hey, it's fun, and it takes our minds off the other silliness the candidates are up to. Which is rapidly degenrating into unbearable noise. Posted by: Tully at October 29, 2004 01:34 AMAt this point, you either think that Bush horribly mishandled the war or you don't. One more incident doesn't make much difference. And while I do think he mishandled it, it seems to be piling on to make every oversight a major issue. You could look at WW II and find numerous mistakes and disasters that cost soldiers their lives. It's the nature of war. Instead of focusing on ambiguous incidents like this that, even if he is right,really prove nothing, Kerry should be pounding on bigger issues about the war. I just thank goodness that I am not in a swing state and don't have to watch all the crap from both sides. I don't read any of the campaign stuff in the paper. I feel sorry for those of you that have to put up with it. Posted by: MWS at October 29, 2004 09:31 AMThe Daily Show had a classic last night -- they showed a clip of Bush saying that if we hadn't invaded Iraq, Saddam would still have these explosives and could give them to our terrorist enemies. Then John Stewart points out that our terrorist enemies have them now. Posted by: Oberon at October 29, 2004 09:42 AMThe facts of this really don't matter, in the long run. The timing of this story makes it suspect in the eyes of many. And the CBS National Guard documents debacle has shattered the credibility of the media in the eyes of the Right. Posted by: JonBuck at October 29, 2004 01:52 PMThe timing of the story is bad for the right cuz frankly they could care less about much but Bush being elected. What's suspect here is that the Bush team didn't know anything about this until a few weeks ago and this stuff has been missing since at least April 2003. That's what should be bothering the right. Posted by: carla at October 29, 2004 04:20 PMMWS, Nice work! I do apreciate your work! Posted by: penis enlargement at November 2, 2004 12:25 PM |
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