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arcana imperii :: the book of j

29.1.04

"we were all wrong"

i imagine everyone has already heard about the testimony delivered yesterday to the senate's armed services committee by arms expert, former UN weapons inspector and top CIA adviser, david kay. in his own words: «it turns out we were all wrong».

remember kay's report from october 2003? i'd recommend a look at the close reading given the report at slate.

is there anyone still clinging to the fairy tale that saddam's iraq posed an imminent threat? certainly, and i find it rather frightening. they can be found all round us, but most troubling, just down the road at the white house and also up on the hill, you know a straight shot up those two single paralell avenues here in DC which symbolise and evoke the pillars of our democracy, independence and constitution.

kay joined npr's liane hansen sunday for an extended discussion.