[John D Harris]

Other quotes not used for breivities sake but can be found in the above posts

Originally posted by Chewbacca: Please clarify this "decision" I have made. From what I can tell, I havent disregarded anything.

Chewie I quote your links and words:

Originally posted by Chewbacca: I offer evidence and facts, not the same old tired arguments. You may dodge these, find a witty remark to degrade the impact, but the facts stand on their own. And Im talking about 2003 facts, not, 1998, 1996, or 1991, or 1988 or any other time in the dead of history, but relevant contemperary information. quote: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4122113/ Regarding chemical and biological weapons, the U.N. inspectors headed by Hans Blix conducted 731 inspections between November 2002 and March 2003. Despite claims by the U.S. government of the existence of specific stockpiles of weapons and active weapons programs, they found no evidence of either. In his reports to the Security Council, Blix was always judicious. "One must not jump to the conclusion that they exist," he said. "However, that possibility is also not excluded."

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm..._intel100.html WASHINGTON — The public version of the U.S. intelligence community's key prewar assessment of Iraq's illicit arms programs was stripped of dissenting opinions, warnings of insufficient information and doubts about Saddam Hussein's intentions, a review of the document and its once-classified version shows. What that comparison showed is that while the top-secret version delivered to President Bush, his top lieutenants and Congress was heavily qualified with caveats about some of its most-important conclusions about Iraq's illicit weapons programs, those caveats were omitted from the public version.

There is a difference between a reasonable mistake and a mistake made in haste while ignoring relevant informed opinions- a stupid avoidable mistake! Leaving out the caveats and dissenting opinions about Iraqs WMD from the public version of the intel report is a deception

You may want Bush and Co. to have simply made a 'reasonable mistake' but that assessment defies reason and the facts. [/QUOTE]Your Assessment that President Bush's actions where not a "reasonalble mistake"
but defies reason and the facts. Is a decision, as is the statement you went to the trouble and effort to post in large font size. I don't give a rats rear end if you come to a decision and ignor an opposing caveat or not. "Hale" I ignor opposing caveats all the time, it's called making a judgement call. But if you ever hope to convince anybody that truely wishes to be intelectually honest, don't even try to condemn sombody's actions for ignoring opposing caveats while ignoring opposing caveats yourself. Which is the intended result of your post in the attempt to use the quote by Mr. Blix to say there where no WoMD, or evidence of their exisistance, when Mr. Blix also CLEARLY says: "However, that possibility is also not excluded." Meaning there could be WoMD's present, because the possibility is also NOT excluded. In order for the logic you have tried to put forth, that the quoted Mr. Blix proves there were no WoMD's, and President Bush willfully ignored those facts, can not exist with out willfully ignoring the fact Mr. Blix said the WoMD's could be there.
As for me I try to apply the same standards to myself as I apply to everybody else, but that's just me. Each of us can do as they wish I don't care, but I will oppose and expose any double standard that I see, my decision, and my decision alone, I'll gladly bear the concequences(sp?) of that choice/decision/judgement call.