General Zinni sums it up nicely

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syzygy

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Originally posted by: conjur
To me, coherent would be a workable program. Or, at the least, a program well on the way to being workable.

Kay didn't believe that existed. Kay didn't believe Saddam was on the path to having workable WMD programs.

Urgent calls for immediate attention. It implies something is impending, something is soon to happen. Again, that was not the case with Saddam. With over 100,00 sorties flown during the history of the no-fly zone, not one plane took a single hit. Saddam was powerless and was only antagonizing us.

don't play a game of semantics. you think the evidence uncovered by dr. kay is not 'workable' ? kay's
word was 'coherent' for a specific reason. 'workable' would be a word we could use to describe my
backyard efforts at developing a wmd program, not what dr. kay uncovered the ba'ath party was
nursing.

from the report:

We have discovered dozens of WMD-related program activities and significant amounts
of equipment that Iraq concealed from the United Nations during the inspections that began
in late 2002.

right below this statement begins a list of the materiel discovered by the search teams. pull
up a chair and start reading.

and how anyone can call saddam 'powerless' when we he admits to '100,000 sorties' flying about
is a classic example of cognitive dissonance. tsk, tsk.
 

Klixxer

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Originally posted by: syzygy
Originally posted by: conjur
To me, coherent would be a workable program. Or, at the least, a program well on the way to being workable.

Kay didn't believe that existed. Kay didn't believe Saddam was on the path to having workable WMD programs.

Urgent calls for immediate attention. It implies something is impending, something is soon to happen. Again, that was not the case with Saddam. With over 100,00 sorties flown during the history of the no-fly zone, not one plane took a single hit. Saddam was powerless and was only antagonizing us.

don't play a game of semantics. you think the evidence uncovered by dr. kay is not 'workable' ? kay's
word was 'coherent' for a specific reason. 'workable' would be a word we could use to describe my
backyard efforts at developing a wmd program, not what dr. kay uncovered the ba'ath party was
nursing.

from the report:

We have discovered dozens of WMD-related program activities and significant amounts
of equipment that Iraq concealed from the United Nations during the inspections that began
in late 2002.

right below this statement begins a list of the materiel discovered by the search teams. pull
up a chair and start reading.

and how anyone can call saddam 'powerless' when we he admits to '100,000 sorties' flying about
is a classic example of cognitive dissonance. tsk, tsk.

WMD related program activities? LOL, yeah, the invasion was justified, what was it, a picture of a bomb?

You got to admit one thing, SH was no threat to anyone at that point, if you cannot admit that i don't know what to say.
 

syzygy

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Originally posted by: Klixxer

WMD related program activities? LOL, yeah, the invasion was justified, what was it, a picture of a bomb?

a picture of bugs bunny. but don't worry about it . . . i think everytime we mention wmd liberals
interpret that as 'winnebagos of mass deployment', which is why i have such pity for your kind.
 

Klixxer

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Apr 7, 2004
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Originally posted by: syzygy
Originally posted by: Klixxer

WMD related program activities? LOL, yeah, the invasion was justified, what was it, a picture of a bomb?

a picture of bugs bunny. but don't worry about it . . . i think everytime we mention wmd liberals
interpret that as 'winnebagos of mass deployment', which is why i have such pity for your kind.

Liberals? Ok, well, i just want to know what WMD program related activities really is.

So if you can just explain it to me, that would be great. thanks.
 

conjur

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Originally posted by: syzygy
Originally posted by: conjur
To me, coherent would be a workable program. Or, at the least, a program well on the way to being workable.

Kay didn't believe that existed. Kay didn't believe Saddam was on the path to having workable WMD programs.

Urgent calls for immediate attention. It implies something is impending, something is soon to happen. Again, that was not the case with Saddam. With over 100,00 sorties flown during the history of the no-fly zone, not one plane took a single hit. Saddam was powerless and was only antagonizing us.

don't play a game of semantics. you think the evidence uncovered by dr. kay is not 'workable' ? kay's
word was 'coherent' for a specific reason. 'workable' would be a word we could use to describe my
backyard efforts at developing a wmd program, not what dr. kay uncovered the ba'ath party was
nursing.

from the report:

We have discovered dozens of WMD-related program activities and significant amounts
of equipment that Iraq concealed from the United Nations during the inspections that began
in late 2002.

right below this statement begins a list of the materiel discovered by the search teams. pull
up a chair and start reading.

and how anyone can call saddam 'powerless' when we he admits to '100,000 sorties' flying about
is a classic example of cognitive dissonance. tsk, tsk.

Coherent means organized. If Kay said Iraq did not have a coherent program, then it had an unorganized program. It had a program that was not capable of being a threat as it stood.

The WMD programs were incoherent, pretty much like the inane babblings of all of the Bush-God fanbois up here.