the bush administration has quietly withdrawn a 400-member military team.
it sent to baghdad to scour iraq for evidence of unconventional weapons.... .
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/front/2004/0109/901262949hm1iraq.html.
Hi Yeru,
: "Blix made gains and advances in his search?"
You know, like gaining access to a place, or achieving greater cooperation from Iraqi officials, that type of thing. Whenever the U.N. made these types of gains, Bush was quick to play it down. If there actually were all these WMD and Bush was eager to find them, like he says, a reasonable person would think Bush would welcome ANY progress made regarding access and un-hindered inspection.
Wg
the bush administration has quietly withdrawn a 400-member military team.
it sent to baghdad to scour iraq for evidence of unconventional weapons.... .
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/front/2004/0109/901262949hm1iraq.html.
As a Canadian, I'm really pissed at Bush. In the months leading up to the invasion of Iraq, I was solidly behind Bush. But I kept waiting for the evidence of WMD to show, it never did. Whenever Blix would announce some gain or advance in their search, the Bush adm. would downplay it. All the while they kept talking about some so-called evidence which ultimately never materialized, and in fact people at high levels of both the Brit and U.S. governments knew the evidence was "juiced up" to convince citizens of the urgent need to invade Iraq. At this point, it is very evident that the U.S. agenda was to invade Iraq from the outset.
This is not the gulf war. Iraq was not invading or bothering anyone else. In our culture, you don't invade another country unless it poses CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER to your country. WMD were used as the reason for invading Iraq; it is clear that the main objective all along was not to rid Saddam of WMD, but to simply go after Saddam. Bush was patently dishonest. You would have to be very convincing to make me believe that Bush didn't know what was going on with the intelligence, either.
The whole thing stinks
Wg
...western Canada?
Wg
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...not much difference as far as i can tell.. we have oil - they have oil.. we're conservative - they're republican.. we both love the two-step.. we can piss our initials onto a snowbank - oops!
wg.
You know it!
Wg
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...not much difference as far as i can tell.. we have oil - they have oil.. we're conservative - they're republican.. we both love the two-step.. we can piss our initials onto a snowbank - oops!
wg.
: "Waymore. you have a PM"
Central Canada has a PM. The rest of the country just sort of follows along
Except for Alberta. We kind of do our own thing, which sometimes doesn't impress Ottawa
Wg
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...not much difference as far as i can tell.. we have oil - they have oil.. we're conservative - they're republican.. we both love the two-step.. we can piss our initials onto a snowbank - oops!
wg.
You're right, Concerned Mama.
Anything south of Edmonchuk...
Wg
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...not much difference as far as i can tell.. we have oil - they have oil.. we're conservative - they're republican.. we both love the two-step.. we can piss our initials onto a snowbank - oops!
wg.
Hi 2cool,
I consider myself an Albertan because I love it here and have lived here for 25 years. But I was born and raised in northern Ontario.
Way out back where the huskies go, don't you eat that yellow snow...
Wg
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...not much difference as far as i can tell.. we have oil - they have oil.. we're conservative - they're republican.. we both love the two-step.. we can piss our initials onto a snowbank - oops!
wg.
Hi xjw,
:"you'd have to get your "stanley" treated for frostbite!
"Stanley" loves to be treated
Wg
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...not much difference as far as i can tell.. we have oil - they have oil.. we're conservative - they're republican.. we both love the two-step.. we can piss our initials onto a snowbank - oops!
wg.
...not much difference as far as I can tell.
We have oil - they have oil.
We're Conservative - they're Republican.
We both love the two-step.
We can piss our initials onto a snowbank - oops!
Wg
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http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ct--greenwichstabbing0102jan02,0,1187949.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire
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Hi Ron,
Aside from the very real tragedy that took place, what is even more sickening in my view is that this is the type of thing that the WT can get a lot of good mileage out of. On a local level, the elders will no doubt use this opportunity to remind everyone that sometimes true Christians have to face situations like this...blah, blah, blah...BUT LIKE THIS DEAR SISTER DID, they will show their true loyalty to Jehovah (insert Headquarters) by refusing to compromise even if it means death, more blah, blah, blah....
And even if the media generates a lot of negative attention for the local JWs, heck that's all for the better. "You will be hated on account of my name" PERSECUTION! Now, that's something the WT can make even more mileage out of, especially if it draws national attention. More bang for your buck, as far as the WTS is concerned. Every circuit assembly will manage to work this into one of their discourses, I'm sure, as motivation for the flock.
How sad indeed that an incident like this will beget more of the same.
Wg
