On Tuesday, February 11, 2003, at 10:36 AM, joe andress wrote:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: fred White [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 10:57 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: OT: Terry Jones (from Monty Python) on War
>>
>>
>> Where and when did he provide such knowledge to us? Certainly, Colin
>> Powell didn't!!
>>
>
> Who made Fred White right?

I'm not smarter than you. Just more skeptical/pessimistic. If someone
is over thirty and not a pessimist, they haven't been paying attention.

>
> I have strong personal opinions that Colin Powell proved his point
> base on what he provided and even more what was not provided.

Joe,

He spoke well. Showed some nice pictures (which could have bee taken
anytime, anywhere). Recited information from super secret documents
which definitely proved his contentions but which were subsequently
proven to be extracts (nearly word-for-word, including grammatical
errors) from a California student's PHD thesis.

If, on such an important occasion, our intelligence agencies had to
resort to providing Colin with such a NON "super secret" document, it
is difficult to believe that there really is some proof somewhere. If
so, he should have been provided with it.

?? Maybe he should have stayed with "what was not provided"?? His
presentation would have been a lot shorter and not subject to errors of
translation.

FW

  "We are in the process of doing things in defense of our society which
may very well produce a society which is not worth defending." - John
LeCarre

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