Re: Did you see this Bill Kristol column a couple of weeks ago
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Why you feel the need to respond in such detail to obvious jokes is beyond me.
You did not answer my only serious question. The 9/11 commission stated that they never saw any evidence of the Sudan deal. In your opinion what is the probability this statement is true?
In your opinion what is the probability that Clinton was lying (or mistaken) about being offered OBL by Sudan?
LOL at you not caring if they had evidence . It would basically prove correct everything you have said in this thread.
I'm not sure the worg logic means what you think it does.
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Maybe the jokes are obvious to you, I still don't see them.
I have no basis to assess a "probability" of what evidence they had or didnt have, when there is a 100% probability that such evidence wouldn't be reflected in a compromise report.
Your question re Clinton isnt clear, it could be referring to the initial statement on Long Island or his subsequent attempts to explain that statement away, so I'll address them both.
His statement on Long Island....there is no chance that it was a lie. Narcissists don't lie for the sake of lying, they lie to make themselves look better. A statement that he was offered OBL and said no would not serve that purpose.
What chance is there that it was a mistake? Very low. If he is anything, he is a slick politician who measures his words very carefully. Except in the embarrassing television interview where he lost his cool (last year? the year before?) he sticks carefully to his scripts. There was no such challenge in Long Island, it was a friendly audience, so no, I dont think it was a mistake.
His statement that OBL was not a known criminal in 1996? Almost certainly a lie. After 9/11 any normal person (ok, 90% lie, 10% he isn't normal) would have examined every single event in his career that could have prevented it. OBLs involvement was known in 1996, he knew it, and lied to cover his decision.
His claim that he didnt examine the details until he was writing his book...same 90% lie 10% he's deranged.
I'm a mathematician, I know precisely what logic is, the construction of logical arguments, logical fallacies, and most importantly what I meant by my statement.
If A => B and !A => B, B !=> A or !A. Set up the truth table and post it if you disagree.
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I was asking you a question, IF you thought that the comission lied about the evidence. I never said that you thought that they did. I didn't realize that you think that you can tell nothing about what the 9/11 comission knew about this based on the report until you posted that. Most normal people would disagree with that even if they had some distrust of the comission. I personally think it is very likely that if they had this information it would have been leaked even if they tried to hide it. Do you really have a Phd in math?
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