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...What about those of us who simply approach life with a healthy dose of skepticism? I would feel much more optimistic about our nation if more people questioned what happened on 9/11. If people had been a little more skeptical, maybe we would have questioned whether Iraq really had WMD, whether the war and reconstruction would pay for themselves and whether 130,000 troops were enough. Maybe we would have questioned the need to elect George W. Bush to a second term. Ryan Gielen New York City...
...Woodward book claims that Dick Cheney, desperate to help find WMD in 2003, had his office call weapons inspector David Kay at 3 a.m. with advice on where to look. I used to make calls at 3 a.m., so I can imagine what Cheney might have said if he'd been on the line himself: "Just this once, Dave. I promise this time it'll be different. I'm a different person ... I have maps...
...think they want impeachment; they want accountability. There will probably be hearings to get to the bottom of things, like why we never got the promised report of how WMD intelligence was used by the Administration. I suppose there was a reason for that. It would be nice if things started feeling a little more hopeful and we start addressing the future, looking at the long term instead of the short term...
...intelligence because he knows key elements are missing from what the U.S. needs to know. "What we've got is good, but I think we also know what we don't know. And we know what the gaps are," Negroponte said. "What we've tried to improve since the WMD fiasco is building the safeguards" to avoid another fiasco of the sort that manifested itself in suggesting before the Iraq war that Saddam Hussein had stockpiled weapons of mass destruction...
...Time to Hang Up the Spurs? It's sad that it took the administration three years to see what was obvious: the Bush Doctrine is a recipe for disaster [July 17]. The doctrine has stoked the fires of nuclear proliferation. By invading Iraq, which had no WMD, and offering diplomacy and concessions to nations with full or developing nuclear-weapons programs, the U.S. has signaled that potential adversaries should scramble to get nukes as quickly as possible. Zach Ziskin Fort Lauderdale, Florida...