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MLD38

10/24/06 12:54 PM

#215909 RE: MLD38 #215907

Bush's "16 Words" on Iraq & Uranium:

He May Have Been Wrong But He Wasn't Lying
Two intelligence investigations show Bush had plenty of reason to believe what he said in his 2003 State of the Union Address.
http://www.factcheck.org/article222.html

See the Analysis:

..."Both the Butler report and the Senate Intelligence Committee report make clear that Bush's 16 words weren't based on the fake documents. The British didn't even see them until after issuing the reports -- based on other sources -- that Bush quoted in his 16 words.

But discovery of the Italian fraud did trigger a belated reassessment of the Iraq/Niger story by the CIA. Once the CIA was certain that the Italian documents were forgeries, it said in an internal memorandum that "we no longer believe that there is sufficient other reporting to conclude that Iraq pursued uranium from abroad."

But that wasn't until June 17, 2003 -- nearly five months after Bush's 16 words."....

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IxCimi

10/24/06 12:59 PM

#215912 RE: MLD38 #215907

Then they should own up to it...

It made a HELL of a lot of difference for these last three years and could alter end results now.
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Bullwinkle

10/24/06 4:29 PM

#215955 RE: MLD38 #215907

"may" have been misinformed? "may" have? That does not sound like a ringing endorsement. I will give the benefit of the doubt on that just for the sake of argument, but what about the other parts I posted? #msg-14224858
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MLD38

10/24/06 5:01 PM

#215973 RE: MLD38 #215907

Words: may have

ie ...even though he may have been misinformed, but he did not lie...

Depends on how may is combined with have in a sentence ( ie also author's intent ).

may: define
...used to indicate possibility or probability <you may be right> <things you may need> --


..."flame may have elements of a normal message, but is distinguished by its intent"....
..."a normal, non-flame message may have elements of a flame -- it may be hostile"...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamewars


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is special in that a given node type may have two property definitions that are identical in every respect except

push button may have client-side scripts associated with the element's event attributes

offer richer rendering possibilities: the BUTTON element may have content

expressly reserves all other rights it may have

may have paid money to get copies or you may have obtained copies at no charge

may have been due to the fact that physicians have been working to

may have little information on one URL, but lots on the other