the snippet of the report has the word "probably" six different times.
My entire claim is that Bush claimed that there was NO DOUBT that Saddam had stockpiles of WMD's. YOU tell ME how "probably" and "NO DOUBT" fit together.
I'll wait
and again...my claim is that not that no one ever told Bush anything about WMD's WITHOUT caveats....your claim relies on the erroneous presumption that no one ever told him anything WITH caveats. Only then could he say that there was NO DOUBT. His own intelligence analysts had degrees of doubt...there WAS doubt... so...when he and his minions repeatedly claimed that there was NO DOUBT, that was a lie.
Your going to claim this.... here let me requote for you, shall I?
We judge that Iraq has continued its weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programs in defiance of UN resolutions and restrictions. Baghdad has chemical and biological weapons as well as missiles with ranges in excess of UN restrictions; if left unchecked, it probably will have a nuclear weapon during this decade. (See INR alternative view at the end of these Key Judgments.)
Go ahead TELL us where the maybe, probably or doubt is IN this statement....
Since inspections ended in 1998, Iraq has maintained its chemical weapons effort, energized its missile program, and invested more heavily in biological weapons; in the view of most agencies, Baghdad is reconstituting its nuclear weapons program.
And here, explain where the probably is... the maybe, the doubt...
* Iraq has largely rebuilt missile and biological weapons facilities damaged during Operation Desert Fox and has expanded its chemical and biological infrastructure under the cover of civilian production.
Show me the maybe, or the probably here....
* Baghdad has exceeded UN range limits of 150 km with its ballistic missiles and is working with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which allow for a more lethal means to deliver biological and, less likely, chemical warfare agents.
No maybe here. Clearly states the missiles can and will deliver WMD's. Biological type.
We assess that Baghdad has begun renewed production of mustard, sarin, GF (cyclosarin), and VX;its capability probably is more limited now than it was at the time of the Gulf war, although VX production and agent storage life probably have been improved.
Ohh look one of your probablies, the only problem for you is it doesn't say they "probably" have weapons, it says they have them but that production is "probably" less then before and it offsets that with the fact that shelf life is improved..
* An array of clandestine reporting reveals that Baghdad has procured covertly the types and quantities of chemicals and equipment sufficient to allow limited CW agent production hidden within Iraq's legitimate chemical industry.
No probably here, more STATEMENTS of clear straight forward fact.
* The Iraqis have experience in manufacturing CW bombs, artillery rockets, and projectiles. We assess that they possess CW bulk fills for SRBM warheads, including for a limited number of covertly stored Scuds, possibly a few with extended ranges.
And here we have another clear statement of fact, no maybe, no probably, no could be.
I can go on if you want.
And this is JUST one report and not even all of the report.
I can not believe you keep claiming there was doubt, this report has NONE in regards WMD's. IT STATES HE HAS THEM AND CONTINUES TO MAKE THEM. Not probably, not maybe, not we think.
