Letters to the Editor
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Let me do the honors of...
..driving most Salon readers absolutely crazy with a defense of Bush. The intelligence gathering here was always going to be a mess and there was no way to know what the actual facts would be. Bush had to make a judgment. Do you do nothing in the belief that he doesn't have WMD or do you do something because you think he does? This is how all of history works. Imperfect information from sources who have every incentive to lie. I still believe that we are safer with Saddam dead and Qaddafi (sp) scared into giving up his weapons.
Now, suppose we guess that Iran doesn't have the ability to make a nuclear weapon and then they test one. Is that scary enough for you? Is that scary enough for our allies the Israelis? How scared do you have to be to act? History is made based on these judgments.
Fire away, Salon readers.