NFBW wrote:
Correll told us that he would be fine had the peaceful disarming of Iraq worked and the decision to invade was not made by W and that meant SH was not removed from power. Yes,
Correll told us what he believed to be true about his position at the time, admitting that war was not necessary if certain conditions were met - and peacefully disarming Iraq was one of those conditions. 21SEP12-POST#554
Correll wrote: IF, Saddam had been able to provide evidence that his wmds had been destroyed and support for the invasion collapsed and the decision was made to NOT invade Iraq, I would have been fine with that. - I realized at the time, that invasion was a costly gamble. NOT doing it would have been fine with me too. 21MAY22-POST#1013
NFBW wrote: I understand full well that a hypothetical question is based on supposition, opinion, personal belief or disbelief, or conjecture, and not facts. It is not based on reality. It can deal with actions and scenarios that might happen, or something that might not have happened. 21SEP12-POST#554
NFBW 21SEP12-POST#544 wrote: So why is Correll pissing and moaning like this?
Correll wrote: DIscussing a hypothetical does not mean that I considered it a true, viable alternative. - Normal people understand that. 21SEP10-POST#548
NFBW wrote: Of course I understand that the (peaceful disarming Iraq) scenario that
Correll created in his very own hypothetical question, did not happen. but
Correll cannot ethically change his answer to the very hypothetical question he provided because he is no longer comfortable with the fact that his answer exposes a huge weakness in the BIG LIE regarding Iraq that
Correll has been spreading going on for nearly to two decades. 21SEP12-POST#554
NFBW wrote: So with that explanation, I must ask, if
Correll wishes to change his answer from “ I would have been fine with that” to “ I would have NOT have been fine with that”
Correll should man up and say it instead of pissing and moaning about what others do not understand. 21SEP12-POST#564