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Hamartia, always Hamartia!
Reader comment on item: [Iraqi] WMD Lies
Submitted by Dr. Dalia Daniel (United States), Oct 8, 2003 at 18:39
A brilliant article. Those demigods, no matter what, Hamartia gets them in the end. Its almost like some sort of a "given", it never fails.Thanks.
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| The Ongoing Democratic Party Libel [187 words] | Howard Wolf | Dec 9, 2005 01:34 | 29687 | ||
| Maybe because he felt WMD would fetch a better price unused in the open market [42 words] | Cary Watmore | Jul 6, 2005 10:58 | 23145 | ||
| Did Saddam send his WMD's to Sinochem in the PRC? [194 words] | Michael B. Hickland | Mar 22, 2004 15:58 | 14294 | ||
| If Stalin was so inept - why did he defeat 80% of the Germans!? [572 words] | Mark K | Jan 2, 2004 10:31 | 13049 | ||
| Response to another Bush justification policy [168 words] | dfordemn@Yahoo.com | Oct 31, 2003 16:46 | 12032 | ||
| Why didn't he use them. [80 words] | Steve T | Oct 15, 2003 09:59 | 11794 | ||
| Interesting Article. [85 words] | Darren | Oct 14, 2003 14:08 | 11790 | ||
| WMD Lies [181 words] | David Pascoe | Oct 14, 2003 00:33 | 11785 | ||
| It was still neccesary to fight [50 words] | Fenix | Oct 11, 2003 03:11 | 11777 | ||
| It is not the most reasonable assumption [161 words] | Bernard Ross | Oct 10, 2003 16:01 | 11772 | ||
| It was the Russians [166 words] | Joel Sears | Oct 10, 2003 15:38 | 11771 | ||
| More Urgent Problems [54 words] | Bob Klein | Oct 9, 2003 18:44 | 11767 | ||
| 3 | Very well written article [122 words] | Boris Frenkel | Oct 9, 2003 17:50 | 11766 | |
| Hitler vs. Stalin [66 words] | G. E. Wood | Oct 9, 2003 15:47 | 11765 | ||
| Why Did Saddam Hussein Fail to Use WMD If He Had Them? [58 words] | Joseph M. Ellis | Oct 8, 2003 20:33 | 11760 | ||
 Hamartia, always Hamartia! [25 words] | Dr. Dalia Daniel | Oct 8, 2003 18:39 | 11758 | ||
| The Leader and Monster [202 words] | Arlinda DeAngelis | Oct 8, 2003 21:51 | 11756 | ||
| I Agree in Principle [81 words] | Avraham | Oct 8, 2003 17:58 | 11754 | ||
| Delusions [14 words] | Sharon Boone | Oct 8, 2003 16:36 | 11753 | ||
| Yeah, but... [177 words] | Dealton Lewis | Oct 8, 2003 07:45 | 11749 | ||
| Why Saddam might have bluffed [135 words] | Sid Trevethan | Oct 8, 2003 06:29 | 11746 | ||
| Short Memories [53 words] | Tova Mattero | Oct 8, 2003 01:24 | 11745 | ||
| Iraq WMD are hidden [137 words] | Tiger Dunn | Oct 8, 2003 00:48 | 11744 | ||
| Good Work [116 words] | Dan | Oct 7, 2003 23:54 | 11743 | ||
| The War against the West [685 words] | Fred Keller | Oct 7, 2003 23:41 | 11742 | ||
| 1 | A worrisome diversion from the Pipes norm [585 words] | Drew Doxsee | Oct 7, 2003 22:16 | 11741 | |
| What about Iran? [91 words] | Eliot I. Sakols | Oct 7, 2003 22:16 | 11740 | ||
| Was it really fantasy? [153 words] | Akemi Yoko | Oct 7, 2003 22:10 | 11739 | ||
| Saddams hidden WMD [134 words] | Bernard Ross | Oct 7, 2003 20:16 | 11738 | ||
| Look in Syria... [122 words] | Gary Kardon | Oct 7, 2003 20:06 | 11737 | ||
| Russia hid them [140 words] | Paul M. Neville | Oct 7, 2003 18:11 | 11735 | ||
| Devil's advocate? [83 words] | Bob Hunt | Oct 7, 2003 17:53 | 11734 | ||
| Too much hubris and ignorance in the world... [33 words] | Aaron | Oct 7, 2003 16:48 | 11732 | ||
| Saddam's behaviour justified war. [80 words] | Erik Driessens | Oct 7, 2003 15:27 | 11731 | ||
| your reference to Hitler's and Stalin's mistakes are disputable [201 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Vadim Levenson | Oct 7, 2003 15:09 | 11730 | ||
| Dictatorship: a reflection of Arab society [108 words] | Mori Krantz MD | Oct 7, 2003 13:56 | 11729 | ||
| What Mystery [189 words] | yonason | Oct 7, 2003 13:33 | 11728 | ||
| Still looking for reasons to invade [213 words] | Nick Wiesenfeld | Oct 7, 2003 13:23 | 11726 | ||
| Refusal to admit mistakes not unique to dictators [144 words] | Hillel (Sabba) Markowitz) | Oct 7, 2003 12:55 | 11723 | ||
| The propensity of totalitarian demigods to self-inflicted wounds [25 words] | zwie amitai | Oct 7, 2003 11:41 | 11722 | ||
| Saddam's Attributes? [45 words] | Murray Kupersmith | Oct 7, 2003 11:41 | 11721 | ||
| So let me see if I've got this right: [107 words] | Seamus | Oct 7, 2003 11:40 | 11720 | ||
| Deadly mistakes of tyrants [97 words] | george rosenbaum | Oct 7, 2003 11:35 | 11718 | ||
| A side note: [282 words] | norwegianwood | Oct 7, 2003 10:47 | 11716 | ||
| Thanks for saying what the administration doesn't say! [72 words] | Dick Lupo | Oct 7, 2003 09:49 | 11713 | ||
| Regarding [Saddam's] WMD Lies -- notes and comments [417 words] | Roy Flanigan | Oct 7, 2003 08:20 | 11711 |
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