"DSK" wrote in message
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John H wrote:
Your logic took a leap I couldn't follow. I'm not saying it's bad, I
just
couldn't follow the leap.

Doesn't look good, it was all broken into easily followed baby steps.
Are you taking lessons from Nobby in "Ignoring The Obvious 101"

What I *did* learn in my engineering program was to approach every problem
the same way:

Problem
Knowns
Unknowns
Assumptions
Proof
Solution

Problem: Did Saddam have WMD and was he working with al Qaeda?
Knowns: He once had WMD and used 'em on his own people. Every intelligence
agency in the World said he still had 'em. Saddam paid terrorists to blow
themselves up in order to kill Israelis. Saddam gave sanctuary to
terrorists (such as Abu Nidal). Saddam had intelligence agents working
closely with members of Ansar-al-Islam in northeastern Iraq.
Unknowns: Where'd he hide the WMD's?
Assumptions: Buried them in the desert like those airplanes we found. Sent
'em to Syria for safe-keeping.
Proof: Mustard gas shell recently discovered. Sarin gas shell recently
discovered. Chemical attack attempted against Jordan and organized by al
Zarqawi...who is an al Qaeda terrorist living in Iraq now...and before the
war.
Solution: Send a guy named Duerhoff into Iraq and find the WMD's we know are
there or in Syria. Kill the terrorist groups operating in Iraq...since it's
likely they have their hands on the WMD's now.