I am still waiting for the actual quotes and verifiable documentation you
said you were going to post.

Then it has escaped your attention that I tracked down and documented the
McDermott statement that the right wing has absurdly mischaracterized as
endorsing "Saddam's trustworthiness".

A single statement where McDermott even mildly
criticizes Hussein would be a start.

Oh for goodness' sake, CJ. In a speech just a few weeks ago, McDermott
referred to Hussein as a "thug"
(http://www.house.gov/mcdermott/sp040618a.shtml ).

As for Baghdad Jim's treason, I might point you to
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/g...20021001.shtml

You seem not to have noticed that that article's ascription to McDermott of
the claim that "Americans should take Saddam Hussein at his word" is
precisely the dishonest paraphrase of the dishonestly truncated quote that I
already addressed in my last post! I also documented the ACTUAL McDermott
statement, which of course says no such thing.

As for my living in a fantasy world, you are the one defending the idea
that
the whole Iraq war was based on a conspiracy between Bush, al Qaeda, and
the
Saudi government to control a non-existent pipeline in Afghanistan. Don't
deny it; you said that my assertions that there was no such conspiracy
were
a fantasy,

Uh, no I didn't. If I had, you could easily supply a quote.

which means you believe that there was such a conspiracy.

Fascinating. Because I implied that your expressed world is a fantasy (and
cited a salient example), you conclude that you can legitimately attribute
to me the opposite of every opinion you expressed about anything!

Ironically, your florid sophistry here is a sterling example of how you go
about constructing fantasy versions of your opponents' views.

--Gary