Did Bush manipulate Iraq data?

[Nicodemus Phaulkon]

Although, Nico, you too may be surprised to find yourself in a hole, if they ever do find them. For me, I'm not sure, so I'm going to wait to see what evidence is revealed.

Surprised, yes. But I'm willing to stand in that hole, arms spread and head high and say to everyone standing above me: "Well, you were right; I was wrong". Far from being scared to be proven wrong, I'm far more worried about being proven right.

And, as I'm sure you are, the longer it takes to produce them, the more skeptical I will be of their validity. I will want to know much more about how they were found, how they were hidden, etc. There needs to be credibility, and it is looking like the UN will be the only way to achieve that. But so far, I've been, and am unwilling to argue about a topic that has no way of determining right or wrong, just opinions and speculation. This topic has plenty of opportunity for heat, without much prospect for light.

Absolutely. Unfortunately, this is one of those situations, like all situations involving the nature of nations, where we will never really know the truth. We will scrabble at it, we will be misled in both directions of the debate... but I truly doubt the TRUTH will ever be known in its entirety. Perhaps when my daughter graduates in 15 or so years. It seems to take about that length of time to declassify most documents, apparently. However, such things shouldn't deter anyone from questioning Authority and its proclivity towards dodgy decisions.

In a nation that values truth, justice and the American way, consistently canonizing the authors of a 200 year old document, one would think that the bravery of the Woodwards and Bernsteins wouldn't have been lost in as little as a few decades.

*tips helm*