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Originally Posted by dculkin
That's a reasonable interpretation, but two things cut against it.
First, you assume that Cheney gave a darn about whether his statement about nuclear weapons was consistent with the rest of his comments. He knows that people don't listen and don't pay attention. If he can slip an unambiguous claim about nukes into a discussion, he's going to take that opportunity.
Second, why did he wait 6 months to correct the record?
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Did you read the dialogue? I did. It looked to me like he said at least two conflicting things. One was that Saddam was reconstituting a nuke weapons program and the other was reconstituting nuke weapons. He was asked to clarify and he went with the nuke weapons line. Later, he went back to nuke programs. maybe he was caught-up in the given and take of the Russert interview. Maybe he's the Prince of Darkness. I think our own biases play a greater role in that determination than the facts would lead.
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