Comments on: Senate Intelligence Committee Unveils Final Phase II Reports On Prewar Iraq Intelligence http://www.ipandora.net/2008/06/12/senate-intelligence-committee-unveils-final-phase-ii-reports-on-prewar-iraq-intelligence/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:25:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: matthew http://www.ipandora.net/2008/06/12/senate-intelligence-committee-unveils-final-phase-ii-reports-on-prewar-iraq-intelligence/#comment-8124 matthew Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:58:39 +0000 http://www.ipandora.net/?p=641#comment-8124 You're very right about that. There is merit in discussing the morality of any given action for the purpose of determining the better course for future action, but not for the purpose of judging the past. The past is the past, and it must be let to lie. BTW, this was JPennStar's article, but thank you for your comments. You’re very right about that. There is merit in discussing the morality of any given action for the purpose of determining the better course for future action, but not for the purpose of judging the past. The past is the past, and it must be let to lie.

BTW, this was JPennStar’s article, but thank you for your comments.

]]> By: writer chick http://www.ipandora.net/2008/06/12/senate-intelligence-committee-unveils-final-phase-ii-reports-on-prewar-iraq-intelligence/#comment-8123 writer chick Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:49:39 +0000 http://www.ipandora.net/?p=641#comment-8123 Hey Matt, Clearly, the Dems can't use it which is probably why it didn't get media attention. I suppose the bottom line is that at the time, the conventional wisdom was that Saddam was a threat. Although, I have no regrets considering that the man at best was a tyranical nightmare and likely hundreds of thousands of iraqis are alive today because our troops are there. Also, there is the school of thought that putting any head on a pike makes your enemies t hink twice and I do believe that Iraq has been effective in that way. The bottom line seems to be that no matter how much we try or would like it to be so, we cannot second guess our actions after they have been implemented, we have no time tunnel to jump into and change t hings and we have no way of knowing how many more attacks were prevented by doing what we did. Annie Hey Matt,
Clearly, the Dems can’t use it which is probably why it didn’t get media attention. I suppose the bottom line is that at the time, the conventional wisdom was that Saddam was a threat. Although, I have no regrets considering that the man at best was a tyranical nightmare and likely hundreds of thousands of iraqis are alive today because our troops are there. Also, there is the school of thought that putting any head on a pike makes your enemies t hink twice and I do believe that Iraq has been effective in that way. The bottom line seems to be that no matter how much we try or would like it to be so, we cannot second guess our actions after they have been implemented, we have no time tunnel to jump into and change t hings and we have no way of knowing how many more attacks were prevented by doing what we did.
Annie

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