"... no intention...not to have the intention for such weapons & programs"

[diamond14]

Colin Powell's twisted explanation of the missing WMD....from today's speech in Princeton, New Jersey...broadcast on C-span

-snips-

Dr. Kay now thinks there may be no significant stockpiles. We will get to the bottom of this. Mr. Duelfer now leads our group. There are many more documents to be examined, sites to be explored, individuals to be interviewed. But as we do this, as we go about answering this question once and for all, we have to keep in mind that, in the larger scheme of things, the question of stockpiles isn’t the only or even the main question that we should focus on.

Iraq and Saddam Hussein clearly had the human and technical capabilities to develop weapons of mass destruction. They had the programs in place. They never lost the intention to have such weapons.

You can have intention, you can have programs, you can have capability to deliver. He may not have the stockpile at the moment. But there was no doubt in my mind, in the President's mind, or any of us who have thought about this and examined this, that there was no intention on his part not to have the intention for such weapons and programs.



(....and this scary jewel....)

And now we are working in a spirit of cooperation and openness with President Colonel Qadhafi.

http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/29683.htm

[Goldom]

1. guess what colin,

I know another country who has the capability, technology, and intention to have WMD programs. They even have huge stockpiles ready to fire. And they support terrorism! It's called America. Try invading ther... oh wait... you already did...

[Salviati]

2. Let me get this straight...

We invaded Iraq, killing over 500 of our soldiers and 10,000 Iraqis, because Saddam had intentions of developing weapons of mass destruction program related activites?

:argh:

[fob]

3. Close, but your language is too strong.

It's more like;
We invaded Iraq, killing over 500 of our soldiers and 10,000 Iraqis, because Saddam had no intention of not having the intention for developing weapons of mass destruction program related activites?


Got it? Now THAT'S a solid reason. -s-

[diamond14]

6. it's absolutely mind-boggling that this can be coming out of

the United States Secretary of State....


these people are ALL war criminals....


openly, brazenly and religiously-insanely massacring thousands of innocent people in order to seize their oil resources...

4. at least he's getting really good at

parroting Bush's language.

[flakey_foont]

5. Clearly had human and technical capabilities

what's that mean? a few folks in Iraq had advanced scientific degrees and they had a few factories????

[snippy]

7. Orwell was an optimist.

[DuctapeFatwa]

8. It's important to establish intention as actionable, for reasons both

external and domestic.

Obviously, it is necessary for the voting class to accept the principle that the planet is US property and any "nationhood" or "sovereignty" are like "self-defense," privileges that the US alone has the authority to bestow or revoke, according to its will.

Nations who actively seek, desire or intend, to engage in activities that could be interpreted as a potential deterrent or impediment to military operations against it to impose America's will, and/or secure natural resources, must be treated as acts of war, and an imminent threat to US business interests.

Domestically, it is necessary to transistion from outdated legal concepts to the doctrine of pre-emptive law enforcement, and the stamping out of anti-regime sentiment within the US itself.

Establishing intention as a prosecutable crime is a vital part of the war against terror.