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Originally Posted by peragro
Why are you concerned about this. The documents that assert that the Russians did this come from the same cache of documents pointing out relationships with Saddam and Al Qaeda. As you have pointed out vociferously they haven't been authenticated.
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I didn't point out any such thing. I never commented on the authenticity of the documents concerning the Russians infiltrating our military command and feeding information to Saddam. Unlike the document purporting to link Saddam to Bin Laden, these documents are corroborated by facts that our military command knows to be true. By comparison, the Saddam/Bin Laden documents contradict the other available evidence. That contradiction doesn't prove anything, but it also doesn't provide the corroboration enjoyed by the documents about Russia's involvement with Saddam. Plus, if the authenticity of the documents about Russia is in question, why doesn't the administration say so?
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The Russians claim this assertion is false. Why would the Whitehouse make noise regarding this?
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You might have a point there.
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Now, hypothetically of course, if this were true it would shed new light upon UN involvement in Iraq prior to the war and why the Bush admin. would never have received support from Russia and France no matter the circumstances.
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That's true, and it illustrates the tragedy of Bush's dishonesty on Iraq. If they hadn't been caught in so many other lies, mistakes, and deceptions, they might be in a position to make a comment either for or against Russia. As it is, few people outside our country believe a word our administration says. And that sucks.
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Not to mention what the other documents have to say about WMDs and operational ties betwixt Al Qaeda and Hussein's Iraq. But that's a great big "if".
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Some ifs are bigger than others.