Originally posted by caltour:
Who said no diplomatic efforts were made?


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Critics of Bush call them proof that he and Blair never saw diplomacy as an option with Hussein.


In case you can't figure out why that answers your question: If Blair and Bush never thought diplomacy was an option, they never would have tried diplomacy. They tried diplomacy. Therefore, in their opinion, diplomacy was an option. If you think the United States ostensibly pursued diplomacy for 12 years just so that GWB could go to war and avenge the plot to kill his father, then your mind is warped far beyond what I believe it is now.

Please just admit that you don't think the United States should go to war under any circumstances.

Originally posted by caltour:
And you must have known that I would never let you get away without addressing the real issue of this thread: the British memo shows that Bush knew the justifications were too thin to support a war against Iraq, so he intentionally manipulated the intelligence to provide the appearance of grounds for war. Is this grounds for impeachment?


You don't know too much about anything if you really think a president can manipulate intelligence.

...but let's say for a minute that by 'manipulate intelligence', you mean he exagerrated the significance of pieces of intelligence in order to support the war. If you think those pieces of intelligence are what made the war legal, you are seriously mistaken.

Some people just have to face the truth. George Lucas isn't going to make Episodes VII, VIII, and IX. Bush isn't going to be removed from office.