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Re: Lying Demos run a very misleading ad

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From: Daniel Packman
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 01:36
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In article <3f1c6f0f$1_3@omega.dimensional.com>,
 <derecho@strandrix.com> wrote:
> Daniel Packman <pack@eos.ucar.edu>

>>Saddam was clearly in violation of the full disclosure that was required,
>>but his bluster may have been hiding nothing.

>This is what puzzles me.

>What sort of bluff does one maintain if doing so is guaranteed to result in
>one's own destruction?

It doesn't seem logical, does it? If this is indeed what was
happening, it might be

  1. stupidity and bluster
  2. feeling the invasion was inevitable no matter what he did
  3. brilliant planning to entice us to invade and enter a trap

Personally, I think it was some of number 1 and 2.

-- 
Daniel Packman
NCAR/ACD
pack@ucar.edu
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From: pack@eos.ucar.edu (Daniel Packman)
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Subject: Re: Lying Demos run a very misleading ad
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 01:36:29 +0000 (UTC)
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