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Tuesday, October 08, 2002

From the Houston Chronicle...

SOME ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS EXPRESSING MISGIVINGS ON IRAQ

While President Bush marshals congressional and international support for invading Iraq, a growing number of military officers, intelligence professionals and diplomats in his own government privately have deep misgivings about the administration's double-time march toward war.

These officials charge that administration hawks have exaggerated evidence of the threat that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein poses -- including distorting his links to the al-Qaida terrorist network -- have overstated the amount of international support for attacking Iraq and have downplayed the potential repercussions of a new war in the Middle East.


Hmm, and this comes the day after Bush's no-new-evidence speech. Again, note that among these critics are "military officers", certainly people who have been a lot closer to actual wars than, say, Richard Perle. And prior to this, it had been guys from Poppy's administration who spoke out, and now we're getting people from inside the Dubya Death Star. What a lovely day!

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