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<blockquote data-quote="mugsy" data-source="post: 2234908" data-attributes="member: 18914"><p>The other problem is that conspiracy-minded folks often confuse risk-taking and reasonable assumptions made in the dearth of hard knowledge, with "lying". </p><p></p><p>The Iraq WMD issue serves as an example - it is as if all the UN IAEA, US military intel and NRC expert info, and the testimony and opinions of multiple international experts is forgotten - in short the whole world thought it "knew" that Saddam Hussein had or was in the process of making WMDs (beyond the chemical weapons he already had deployed and used) and acquiring delivery systems. It wasn't just the administration or even just the US, it was also the EU, NATO, and the UN - remember that while the technical intel was largely ours, the inspections teams were UN not US. We did know some things, assumed some others, and hoped for a few more then made a strategic gamble because time seemed to be working against us. You may think that's wrong, or ill-advised, but it is not lying - it is taking a risk in a very high-stakes enterprise and then coming up short.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mugsy, post: 2234908, member: 18914"] The other problem is that conspiracy-minded folks often confuse risk-taking and reasonable assumptions made in the dearth of hard knowledge, with "lying". The Iraq WMD issue serves as an example - it is as if all the UN IAEA, US military intel and NRC expert info, and the testimony and opinions of multiple international experts is forgotten - in short the whole world thought it "knew" that Saddam Hussein had or was in the process of making WMDs (beyond the chemical weapons he already had deployed and used) and acquiring delivery systems. It wasn't just the administration or even just the US, it was also the EU, NATO, and the UN - remember that while the technical intel was largely ours, the inspections teams were UN not US. We did know some things, assumed some others, and hoped for a few more then made a strategic gamble because time seemed to be working against us. You may think that's wrong, or ill-advised, but it is not lying - it is taking a risk in a very high-stakes enterprise and then coming up short. [/QUOTE]
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